LEADER 02838oam 2200493I 450 001 9910796657203321 005 20190826145055.0 010 $a90-04-27661-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004276611 035 $a(CKB)4100000000603336 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5570509 035 $a 2017043953 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004276611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5570509 035 $a(OCoLC)1003854892 035 $a(PPN)243754507 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000603336 100 $a20170913d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPlutarch's pragmatic biographies $elessons for statesmen and generals in The parallel lives /$fedited by Susan G. Jacobs 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 471 pages) 225 0 $aColumbia studies in the classical tradition ;$vv. 43 311 $a90-04-27660-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Plutarch and His Audience -- Pragmatic Literature for Statesmen and Generals -- Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives: Insights from the Prologues and Synkriseis -- Political and Military Leadership -- Pericles-Fabius Maximus -- Coriolanus-Alcibiades -- Agesilaus-Pompey -- Ruling and Being Ruled -- Aemilius-Timoleon -- Demetrius-Antony -- Phocion-Cato Minor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aIn Plutarch?s Pragmatic Biographies , Susan Jacobs argues for a major revision in how we interpret the Parallel Lives. She integrates the existing focus on moral issues into the much broader paradigm of effective leadership found in Plutarch?s Moralia. There, in addition to moral virtue, the successful leader needed good critical judgment, persuasiveness and facility in managing alliances and rivalries. The analysis of six sets of Lives shows how Plutarch carefully portrayed Greek and Roman leaders of the past assessing situations and solving problems that paralleled those faced by his politically-active audience. By linking victories and defeats to specific strategic insights and practical skills, Plutarch created ?pragmatic biographies? that could instruct statesmen and generals of every era. 410 0$aColumbia Studies in the Classical Tradition$v43. 606 $aBiography as a literary form 607 $aGreece$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 607 $aRome$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aBiography as a literary form. 676 $a809/.93592 701 $aJacobs$b Susan G$0754024 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796657203321 996 $aPlutarch's pragmatic biographies$91517058 997 $aUNINA