Plutarch and his intellectual world: essays on Plutarch

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Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Preface......Page 5 Introduction......Page 6 1. Hadrian, Favorinus, and Plutarch Ewen Bowie (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)......Page 11 2. Favorinus versus Epictetus on the philosophical heritage of Plutarch. A debate on epistemology Jan Opsomer (Catholic University of Leuven)......Page 27 3. Thyrsus-bearer of the Academy or enthusiast for Plato? Plutarch’s de Stoicorum repugnantiis George Boys-Stones (St John’s College, Oxford)......Page 53 4. Family and the formation of character in Plutarch Francesca Albini (University College London)......Page 71 5. From Olympias to Aretaphila: women in politics in Plutarch Karin Blomqvist (University of Lund)......Page 84 6. Plutarch, Amatorius 13–18 Donald Russell (St John’s College, Oxford)......Page 110 7. Health and politics in Plutarch’s de tuenda sanitate praecepta Luigi Senzasono (Rome)......Page 124 8. Plutarch’s Dinner of the Seven Wise Men and its place in symposion literature Judith Mossman (Trinity College, Dublin)......Page 130 9. Plutarch, Brutus and Brutus’ Greek and Latin letters John Moles (University of Durham)......Page 153 10. Moral ambiguity in Plutarch’s Lysander–Sulla Tim Duff (University of Reading)......Page 182 11. Severed heads: individual portraits and irrational forces in Plutarch’s Galba and Otho Rhiannon Ash (St Hugh’s College, Oxford)......Page 202 12. Plutarch on Caesar’s fall Christopher Pelling (University College, Oxford)......Page 229 13. Plutarch and the end of history John Dillon (Trinity College, Dublin)......Page 246 Index of Passages......Page 253 General Index......Page 257