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Book SynopsisPhilology, philosophy, commentary and reception in Plutarch's work are only some of the main topics discussed within a large academic output devoted to the writer of Chaeronea by Professor Paola Volpe Cacciatore. The volume is divided into four sections: Plutarchean Fragments, Quaestiones convivales, Religion & Philosophy, and Plutarch's Reception from Humanism to Modern Times. The eighteen studies collected in this volume, originally published in Italian and here translated into English, concern the Corpus Plutarcheum, including Table-Talks, De Iside et Osiride, the treatises against the Stoics, De genio Socratis, De liberis educandis, De musica, and some Plutarchean fragments. The volume is a tribute to celebrate the lifelong study of Plutarch's work by Professor Paola Volpe Cacciatore, one of the most remarkable Plutarchean scholars of the last decades.
Trade Review"The volume is rewarding to read, not only for the information and insights it provides, but also – or even primarily – for its historical potential. Many readers will benefit from the English translations, gaining access to V.C.’s work for the first time. In my own case, many of the essays were known to me before in their original versions, and I assume that this must also be true for many other readers of this review. Be that as it may, in the present volume, these essays are put in a new context, which allows, if not encourages, them to be read not merely in relation to the questions discussed in the individual essays, but more broadly as a testimony to V.C.’s scholarly dedication to Plutarchan studies over the last few decades. In other words, this book offers a window into the history of contemporary classical scholarship through the example of V.C., a woman who truly devoted her life to Plutarch." Theofanis Tsiampokalos, The Classical Review (2022) 1–3 "Dal libro emerge la figura di una studiosa rigorosa ed appassionata, che fa convergere sinergicamente esame filologico ed indagine antropologica nello studio di temi spesso complessi e di esegesi non univoca senza mai perdere sensibilità culturale e profondità di analisi linguistica, filosofica e letteraria. La raccolta in lingua inglese degli Scripta minora di Paola Volpe Cacciatore per ciò rappresenta, oltre che un sentito omaggio di una comunità di studiosi plutarchei ad una sua illustre componente e al suo operato durante vari lustri, un valido contributo alla conoscenza, in un più ampio consesso internazionale, di una serie di rilevanti studi plutarchei, alcuni dei quali hanno svolto un ruo lo pionieristico o cruciale nella storia degli studi dell’opera del Cheronese." Vicente Ramón and Fabio Tanga, Ploutarchos 19 (2022): 127
Table of ContentsPreliminary Note Preface Articles Included in This Book and Their Original Place of Publication Introduction Aurelio Pérez Jiménez Part 1 Plutarch’s Fragments 1 Plutarch’s fr. 24 Sandbach 2 For the Understanding of a Lost Text 3 “Whatever Your Destiny, to Work Is Best:” Plutarch, fr. 44 Sandbach 4 Plutarch and the Commentary on Phaenomena of Aratus 5 The μεταβολή of the Soul (Frags. 177–178 Sandbach) Part 2 Quaestiones convivales 6 Plutarch, Quaest. conv. 4.6: An Example of Religious Syncretism 7 “Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura:” Plutarch, Quaest. conv. 5.7 8 Plutarchus in Plutarcho: De primo frigido and Quaest. conv. 6.4–5 9 Quaest. conv. 6.8 on Bulimia: Plutarch’s Explanation for a Current Problem Part 3 Religion & Philosophy 10 Plutarch’s δικαιοσύνη in the Writings against the Stoics 11 Is the God of the Stoics a Philanthropist? 12 Fate and Luck in Plutarch’s Works against the Stoics: An Unresolved Issue 13 The Justice of the Sage: Polemic of Plutarch against the Stoics 14 Plutarch’s De Iside et Osiride: A Reconciliation between Religion and Myth Part 4 Plutarch’s Reception from Humanism to Modern Age 15 Reflections on the Translation of De liberis educandis by Guarino Guarini 16 The Latin Translation of De genio Socratis by Naogeorgus 17 Poetic Quotations in Humanistic Translations of De liberis educandis 18 “What Is the Best Music, Ancient or Modern?:” Pietro Metastasio and De musica Bibliography Curriculum Vitae of Paola Volpe Cacciatore Bibliography of Paola Volpe Cacciatore Index of Ancient Sources
