Resorting to rare sources of antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in twelfth-century Byzantium

Xenophontos, S. (2014) Resorting to rare sources of antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in twelfth-century Byzantium. Parekbolai, 4(1), pp. 1-12.

Abstract

This article examines the Byzantine adaptation of the anecdote of the Lydian king Pythes within Nikephoros Basilakes’ <i>Progymnasma</i> 11 in relation to its earliest surviving source, Plutarch’s <i>Mulierum virtutes</i> 262D–263A. By looking at the ascription accompanying Basilakes’ progymnasma, it additionally argues for the popularity of Plutarch’s <i>Parallel Lives</i> in Komnenian Byzantium.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Xenofontos, Dr Sophia
• Authors: Xenophontos, S.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics
• Journal Name: Parekbolai
• Publisher: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• ISSN: 2241-0228
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2014 The Author
• First Published: First published in Parekbolai 4(1):1-12
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