Fox, M. (2015) Plutarch’s Numa and the rhetoric of aetiology. In: Ash, R., Mossman, J. and Titchener, F. B. (eds.) Fame and Infamy: Essays for Christopher Pelling on Characterization in Greek and Roman Biography and Historiography. Oxford University Press: Corby, pp. 177-192. ISBN 9780199662326
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Abstract
A close reading of Plutarch's life of the Roman King Numa, against the background of earlier Greek and Roman accounts. The chapter argues for a reconsideration of our understanding of historical aetiologies which gives greater weight to their rhetorical function.
Item Type: | Book Sections |
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Keywords: | Plutarch, Biography, Historiography, Martial, Cicero, Dionysius of Halicarnassus |
Status: | Published |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Fox, Professor Matthew |
Authors: | Fox, M. |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISBN: | 9780199662326 |
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