{"product_id":"a-versatile-gentleman-consistency-in-plutarchs-writing-9789462700765","title":"A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions, yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre, he appears as a sharp polemicist and a loving father, an ardent pupil but also a kind, inspiring teacher, a sober historian and a teller of wondrous tales. In view of all these different personae, erudite versatility is without any doubt a major characteristic of Plutarch’s works. A Versatile Gentleman is dedicated to Luc Van der Stockt, professor emeritus of Greek language and literature at KU Leuven and a truly versatile gentleman. The volume aims to do justice to his and Plutarch’s versatility by discussing the Chaeronean from many different angles. As such, it sheds new light on the coherence of, and the tensions in, Plutarch’s thinking and writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eF.B. TITCHENER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. \u003cem\u003ePlutarch's Versatile Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlutarch the Philosopher and Plutarch the Historian on \u003cem\u003eApatheia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN DILLON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dividing Line: Theological\/Religious Arguments in Plutarch's Anti-Stoic Polemics\u003cbr\u003eRAINER HIRSCH-LUIPOLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cruel Consistency of \u003cem\u003eDe sera numinis vindicta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAN OPSOMER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychÄ“ in Plutarch's Works\u003cbr\u003ePAOLA VOLPE CACCIATORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. \u003cem\u003eLiterary Versatility\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlutarch's Simonides: A Versatile Gentleman?\u003cbr\u003eEWEN BOWIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlutarch's Flawed Characters: The \u003cem\u003ePersonae\u003c\/em\u003e of the Dialogues \u003cbr\u003eFREDERICK E. BRENK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDionysus and the Structure of Plutarch's \u003cem\u003eTable Talk \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJUDITH MOSSMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTragic Colouring in Plutarch\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTOPHER PELLING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. \u003cem\u003eThe Versatile World of the \u003c\/em\u003eLives\u003cbr\u003eThe Serio-Comic \u003cem\u003eLife of Antony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK BECK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nature of Virtue and the Need for Self-Knowledge in Plutarch's \u003cem\u003eDemosthenes-Cicero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJEFFREY BENEKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This Topic Belongs to Another Kind of Writing”: The Digressions in Plutarch's \u003cem\u003eLife of Coriolanus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG. ROSKAM -; S. VERDEGEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSulla's Three-Thousand-νοῦμμοι Apartment: Plutarch's Problematic Code-Switching\u003cbr\u003ePHILIP A. STADTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. \u003cem\u003eA Versatile\u003c\/em\u003e Paideia\u003cbr\u003eWho Was Eucles? Plutarch and His Sources on the Legendary Marathon-Runner (\u003cem\u003eDe gloria Atheniensium\u003c\/em\u003e 347CD)\u003cbr\u003eLUCIA ATHANASSAKI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDe Plutarchi Malignitate\u003cbr\u003eHEINZ GERD INGENKAMP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsistency and Criticism in Plutarch's Writings Concerning the Laws of Solon\u003cbr\u003eDELFIM F. LEàƒO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelenographic Description: Critical Annotations to Plutarch, \u003cem\u003eDe facie\u003c\/em\u003e 944C\u003cbr\u003eAURELIO PÉREZ-JIMÉNEZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex locorum\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leuven University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047163593047,"sku":"9789462700765","price":53.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789462700765.jpg?v=1750970503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-versatile-gentleman-consistency-in-plutarchs-writing-9789462700765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}