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The second “Philippic” of Cicero and the image of Mark Antony in the ancient authors works [PDF]
The article examines the influence of Cicero’s second “Philippic” on the formation of the image of Mark Antony in the writings of ancient authors, primarily Plutarch.
Smykov, Evgeniy Vladimirovich
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Social upbringing and an example of Antiquity in the writings of J.J. Rousseau [PDF]
The article analyses the influence of Antiquity on J.-J. Rousseau’s ideas of social education. It is noted that Rousseau's interest in Antiquity emerged in childhood and was stimulated by Plutarch's works. In later years, he studied Latin and elements of
Sergey Zanin
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Analysis of Ancient tradition of punishments in Sparta
The article discusses the system of punishments used in Sparta for two offenses: for refusing to marry and for cowardice shown in battle. Ancient authors, especially Xenophon and Plutarch, give a list of punishments for these offenses.
Лариса Гаврииловна Печатнова
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Plutarch’s Cosmological Ethics [PDF]
Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45-120 CE) is the most prolific and influential moral philosopher in the Platonic tradition. This book is a fundamental reappraisal of Plutarch’s ethical thought. It shows how Plutarch based his ethics on his particular interpretation of Plato’s cosmology: our quest for the good life should start by considering the good cosmos
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Odwołania do Aleksandra Wielkiego i ich rola w Żywocie Demetriusza Plutarcha z Cheronei
Among all Plutarch’s Lives of men that lived after IV B.C., the biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes contains the most references to Alexander the Great. It is noteworthy that references to this figure in comparison to other Plutarchean biographies occur ...
Tomasz Zieliński
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The hagiographic genre of the life of Alexander (Plutarch’s Comparative biographies)
The article describes the main features of the hagiographic genre in the Life of Alexander from Plutarch’s Comparative Biographies. I use the comparative, reverse and structural-semantic methods to analyse the biography of Alexander the Great, the images
Malashchenko V. V.
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Remarks on the name of the Carians
Kr̥ka-, the Old Persian name for the Carians, has nothing to do with Kar(a)kiša and Karkiya, countries mentioned in Hittite sources. The meaning of Old Persian *kr̥ka- is ‘rooster’, and the Carians were called so because of the crest on their helmets ...
Diether Schürr
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Resenha de Leão, D.; Guerrier, O. (eds.). Figures de sages, figures de philosophes dans l'oeuvre de Plutarque (2019)
Maria Aparecida de Oliveira Silva
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Legitimation of violence in the civil wars between the Marians and Sullans
Through the analysis of various research approaches, a method for reconstructing the Roman conception of violence was developed. This method was applied to answer the question of tolerance and disapproval expressed towards political murders in the Roman ...
A.O. Kudratov
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Religion without fear. Plutarch on superstition and Early Christian Literature
After some introductory remarks on the role of fear in religious discourse. Plutarch s treatise On Superstition is analysed according to its rhetorical outline.
H-J Klauck
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