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Book SynopsisThe Dynamics of Intertextuality in Plutarch explores the numerous aspects and functions of intertextual links both within the Plutarchan corpus itself (intratextuality) and in relation with other authors, works, genres or discourses of Ancient Greek literature (interdiscursivity, intergenericity) as well as non-textual sources (intermateriality). Thirty-six chapters by leading specialists set Plutarch within the framework of modern theories on intertextuality and its various practical applications in Plutarch’s Moralia and Parallel Lives. Specific intertextual devices such as quotations, references, allusions, pastiches and other types of intertextual play are highlighted and examined in view of their significance for Plutarch’s literary strategies, argumentative goals, educational program, and self-presentation.
Trade Review"In conclusione, il volume rappresenta un contributo significativo agli studi su Plutarco, in particolare per quello che riguarda gli aspetti letterari della sua vasta produzione. La metodologia adottata si rivela duttile e capace di illuminare aspetti poco frequentati del corpus plutarcheo, rifuggendo in generale dal rischio di una eccessiva schematicità. [...] Il risultato è una panoramica esaustiva, intelligente e aggiornata rispetto al tema dell’intertestualità in Plutarco, nonché uno strumento facilmente consultabile per chi volesse approfondire le singole sfaccettature del problema nel complesso del corpus plutarcheo." Francesco Padovani, BMCR 2021.02.37.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations of Plutarch’s Works Introduction: Plutarch and the Academic Reader Maria Vamvouri Part 1 Defining Intertextuality in Plutarch 1 Intertextuality in Plutarch: What’s the Point? Christopher Pelling 2 Hearing Voices: φωνή and Intertextual Orality in Plutarch Alexei V. Zadorojnyi 3 Forms and Functions of Intratextuality in Plutarch’s Corpus Gennaro D’Ippolito Part 2 Intertextuality at Work 4 Voices from the Past: Quotations and Intertextuality in Plutarch’s The Oracles at Delphi Frederick E. Brenk 5 Homer as a Model for Plutarchan Advice on Good Governance José-Antonio Fernández-Delgado 6 Pericles and Athens: An Intertextual Reading of Plutarch and Thucydides Mark Beck 7 Plutarch’s and Xenophon’s Sparta: Intra- and Intertextual Relations in the Spartan Lives Olivier Gengler 8 The Mechanics of Intertextuality in Plutarch Timothy E. Duff 9 Shrieking Volumes: Plutarch’s Use of the Ath.Pol. as Intertextual Bridge between Athens and Rome Andrew Worley 10 How to Do Things with Hellenistic Historiography: Plutarch’s Intertextual Use(s) of Polybius Eran Almagor 11 “Let Us Make the Most of What They Offer Us”: Different Layers of Intertextuality in Plutarch’s Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum Geert Roskam 12 The Encounter between Roman Virtue and Platonism in Plutarch’s Cato the Elder Michael Nerdahl 13 Plutarch’s Theseus-Romulus and the Murder of Remus Brad Buszard Part 3 Intratextuality and the Plutarchan Corpus 14 Heroes Imitating Heroes: Ethical and Pragmatic Intratextuality in the Parallel Lives Susan Jacobs 15 Ejemplos de responsio gramatical en el Teseo-Rómulo de Plutarco Aurelio Pérez Jiménez 16 Reading Plutarch through Plutarch (?): De sera numinis vindicta and the Commentary on Hesiod’s Erga Stefano Amendola 17 Demetrius of Phalerum in Plutarch: A Multimodal Expression of Intertextuality and Intratextuality Delfim F. Leão 18 “As Each Came to Mind”: Intertextualizing Plutarch’s Mentality of Intricacy in the Table Talk and Questions Michiel Meeusen 19 Un ‘galateo’ intestestuale del simposio: le raccomandazioni di Plutarco personaggio dei Moralia Paola Volpe Cacciatore Part 4 Through the Lens of Interdiscursivity 20 Sympotic Intertextuality in Plutarch’s Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum Craig Cooper 21 Aesopic Wisdom in Plutarch Philip A. Stadter 22 Plutarch’s Proverbial Intertexts in the Lives Alessio Ruta 23 Who Is the Best Prophet? The ‘Manifold’ Character of a Quotation in Plutarch Elsa Giovanna Simonetti 24 Aspetti e funzioni dell’intertestualità nei De tuenda sanitate praecepta di Plutarco Fabio Tanga 25 Medical Allusions and Intertext of Physis in Plutarch’s Comp. Cim. et Luc. 2.7 Eleni Plati Part 5 Intergenericity: Plutarch’s Works at the Crossroads 26 Generic and Intertextual Enrichment: Plutarch’s Alexander 30 Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou 27 Intertextuality Across Paired Lives: Plutarch’s Nicias-Crassus Lucy E. Fletcher 28 Plutarch’s Less Tragic Heroes: Drama and Epic in the Pelopidas Anna Lefteratou 29 From Inter-textuality to Inter-mediality: Plutarch’s Lyric Quotations from Greek Tragedy Argyri G. Karanasiou 30 Love in Many Dimensions: Hesiod and Empedocles in Plutarch’s Amatorius Katarzyna Jazdzewska 31 Las Vitae de Plutarco y el epigrama Francisca Pordomingo 32 Defining Rhetoric While Playing with Pre-texts: Some Aspects of Intertextuality in Plutarch’s Praecepta gerendae reipublicae 801C–D Theofanis Tsiampokalos Part 6 Beyond Text: Plutarch and Intermateriality 33 Plutarch’s Sparta: Intertextual and Experiential Philip Davies 34 ὕλη θεολογίας: Religious Lore as Inter‘text’ in Plutarch’s Moralia Rainer Hirsch-Luipold 35 The Power of Bones: An Intertextual and Intermaterial Reading of the Retrieval of Theseus’ Bones in Plutarch’s Life of Cimon Chandra Giroux 36 Plutarch’s Intertextual References to Tattoos and Brands Christina Harker Bibliography Index locorum General index
