LEADER 02628oam 22004454a 450 001 9910776162403321 005 20240805131337.0 010 $a9789461665355 010 $a9461665350 035 $a(CKB)5840000000424853 035 $a(OCoLC)1419963441 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_112626 035 $a(ScCtBLL)5f6600ec-ffc1-41a2-b790-2331b1e24800 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000424853 100 $a20240206d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn Opaque Mirror for Trajan : $eA Literary Analysis and Interpretation of Plutarch's 'Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata' 210 1$a[S.l.] :$cLEUVEN UNIVERSITY PRESS,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$a9789462703902 311 08$a9462703906 330 $a"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."--Page 4 of cover. 606 $aPhilosophy$2bisacsh 606 $aPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy 676 $a888/.0108 700 $aVan der Wiel$b Laurens$01771774 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910776162403321 996 $aAn Opaque Mirror for Trajan$94264861 997 $aUNINA