Plutarch and the Persica

by Almagor, Eran

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Title Statements

Full title :Plutarch and the Persica / Eran Almagor.

Summary

"Eran Almagor addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century BCE Greek works on the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Persica. The second is the method of work of the biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea (45-120 CE) who used these works to compose his biographies, in particular the Life of the Persian king Artaxerxes. By dealing with both issues simultaneously, Almagor proposes a new way of approaching the two entangled problems, and offers a better understanding of both the portrayal of ancient Persia in the lost Persica works and the manner of their reception nearly 500 years later. Intended for both scholars and students of the Achaemenid Empire and Greek imperial literature, this book bridges the two worlds and two important brances of scholarship"--Back cover

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 332 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0748645551, 9780748645558
oclc:on1045442645
LC Classification:PA4383
Dewey Decimal:938.007202

1. Introduction; 2. Ctesias (a); 3. Ctesias (b); 4. Deinon (a); 5. Deinon (b); 6. Heracleides; 7. Conclusions; Appendix I: Two Notes on the Cypriot War; Appendix II: Plutarch, the Persica and the Regum et Imperatorum Apophthegmata.

Subjects

Achaemenid dynasty Criticism, interpretation, etc Ctésias Dinon,, of Colophon Early works Heraclides,, of Cyme History Iran Iran -- Early works to 1800 Persica (Ctesias) Plutarch Sources