Sparta in Plutarch's Lives / edited by Philip Davies and Judith Mossman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Philip, editor.

Mossman, Judith, editor.

EBSCOhost

Series:

Sparta and its influence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plutarch, of Athens, -approximately 431. Lives.

Plutarch.

Sparta (Extinct city)--Historiography.

Sparta (Extinct city).

Sparta (Extinct city)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales, 2023.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF LYCURGUS: GREEK LAWGIVERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPARTAN EXCEPTIONALISM

2. PLUTARCH AND SPARTA'S MILITARY CHARACTERISTICS IN THE PARALLEL LIVES OF LYKOURGOS AND NUMA

3. PLUTARCH ON TYRTAIOS AND THE GREAT RHETRA

4. NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES, LITERARY ECHOES AND INTERPRETATION: LYSANDER AND AGESILAUS

5. EQUAL CONTRIBUTORS? AGESILAUS AND LYSANDER WITHIN PLUTARCH'S 'SPARTAN CYCLE'

6. A DOUBLES MATCH: AGIS-CLEOMENES AND THE GRACCHI

7. PLUTARCH AND SPARTAN SPEECH(ES)

8. SMELLING THE BLACK SOUP: SPARTA, MORALISM, AND POLITICAL ALLUSION IN PLUTARCH

INDEX OF PASSAGES DISCUSSED

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Print version:

ISBN:

1910589861

9781910589861

Publisher Number:

90101815701

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