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720	1		_avan der Wiel, Laurens _4aut
245	0	0	_aAn Opaque Mirror for Trajan _bA Literary Analysis and Interpretation of Plutarch's 'Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata'
260			_aLeuven _bLeuven University Press _c2024
300			_a1 online resource (521 p.)
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPlutarchea Hypomnemata
506	0		_fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aThe first full in-depth analysis and interpretation of Plutarch's Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata in its entirety as a literary piece of art. Plutarch's Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata (Sayings of Kings and Commanders) holds a peculiar position in his oeuvre. This collection of almost 500 anecdotes of barbarian, Greek, and Roman rulers and generals is introduced by a dedicatory letter to Trajan as a summary of the author's well-known and widely read Parallel Lives. The work is therefore Plutarch's only text that explicitly addresses a Roman emperor and is likely to shed light on his biographical technique. Yet the collection has been understudied, because its authenticity has been generally rejected since the nineteenth century. Recent scholarship defends Plutarch's authorship of the text, but some remain sceptical. This book restores its reputation and provides a first full literary analysis of the letter and collection as a genuine work of Plutarch, wherein he attempts to educate his ruler by means of great role models of the past. Plutarch's thinking about the function of role models (exempla) is not only relevant for Plutarchan research, but also for our knowledge of exemplarity, a key feature both in Greek and Latin literature in the early imperial period in general. Therefore An Opaque Mirror for Trajan is also of interest for literary and historical scholars who study the broader context of ancient literature of the first centuries CE. Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aWestern philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 _2bicssc
793	0		_aDOAB Library.
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