A Versatile Gentleman : Consistency in Plutarch's Writing

Jan Opsomer

ISBN 10: 9462700761 / ISBN 13: 9789462700765

Published by Leuven University Press Jun 2016, 2016

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Neuware - Plutarch 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.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Versatile Gentleman : Consistency in Plutarch's Writing
• Publisher: Leuven University Press Jun 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9462700761
• ISBN 13: 9789462700765
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 166H x 22D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 166 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 622 grams

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Synopsis

Plutarch 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.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

About the Author

Geert Roskam is Professor of Greek language and literature at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.