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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817251003321

Titolo

Plutarch's Advice to the bride and groom and A consolation to his wife : English translations, commentary, interpretive essays, and bibliography / / edited by Sarah B. Pomeroy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-770496-4

1-280-75988-7

0-19-534422-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

PomeroySarah B

Plutarch

Disciplina

306.81

888.0108

Soggetti

Marriage

Children - Death

Consolation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Part I: Translations, Texts, and Commentaries; Part II: Interpretive Essays; Bibliography of Plutarch's Advice and Consolation; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays has a commentary and evaluative bibliography on Plutarch. It is designed to help readers understand and appreciate two sources for the study of gender and the family in the Graeco-Roman world and in Western history.