The proems of Plutarch’s lives and historiography
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2017ISSN
2046-5963Εκδότης
Dept. of Classics, University of DurhamPlace of publication
Durham, U.K.Source
Histos: the electronic journal of ancient historiography at the University of DurhamVolume
11Pages
128-153Google Scholar check
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In this article I focus on Plutarch’s prologues to the Alexander–Caesar, Nicias–Crassus,
and Theseus–Romulus books, all of which discuss Plutarch’s biographical method in relation
to history. I suggest that in these prologues Plutarch follows a number of standard themes,
ideas, and motifs that are common to the prologues of ancient historians in order to demarcate his generic affiliations with historiography, and bolster and advertise his unique and
individual literary genre.
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