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Vidas Paralelas. CiÌmon e Luculo
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guedes Ferreira, Ana Maria
- Series:
- Classica Digitalia: Autores Gregos e Latinos: textos
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Coimbra Coimbra University Press 2021
- Language Note:
- Portuguese
- Summary:
- Bound together by the guiding theme of philhellenic benefaction, Cimon and Lucullus are the statesmen compared by Plutarch in another volume of Parallel Lives. While Lucullus distinguishes himself as a benefactor of the biographer's home town and the Greek world during the Mithridatic Wars, Cimon emerges as an emblematic figure of the freedom and unity of the Greeks in the fight against the Persians. However, both protagonists also show defects and weaknesses, both in terms of excesses and extravagances in private life and, despite great political and military successes, in their interaction with the multitude and with their peers. Thus, Plutarch invites his readers to reflect on the qualities and shortcomings displayed by his heroes in the historical context of fifth-century Athens and late Republican Rome as well as in light of the challenges posed by their own present.
- Ligados pelo tema condutor dos benefiÌcios fileleÌnicos, CiÌmon e Luculo saÌo os estadistas que Plutarco coteja em mais um volume de Vidas Paralelas. Enquanto Luculo se distingue como benfeitor da cidade natal do bioÌgrafo e do mundo heleÌnico durante as Guerras MitridaÌticas, CiÌmon emerge como figura emblemaÌtica da liberdade e da unidade dos gregos na luta contra os persas. Contudo, ambos os protagonistas tambeÌm apresentam defeitos e fraquezas, tanto em termos de excessos e extravagaÌncias na vida privada como, apesar de grandes sucessos poliÌticos e militares, na interaçaÌo com a multidaÌo e com os seus pares. Assim, Plutarco convida os seus leitores a refletirem sobre as qualidades e imperfeiçoÌes evidenciadas pelos seus heroÌis no contexto histoÌrico da Atenas do seÌculo V e da Roma tardo-republicana assim como aÌ luz dos desafios do seu proÌprio presente.
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