Botanizing Rulers and Their Herbal Subjects

Plants and Political Power in Greek and Roman Literature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3937167
AutoresLaurence Totelin (autor de correspondencia), Laurence Totelin Laurence Totelin
Año2012
Volumen66
Número1/2
Páginas122
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhoenix (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7834/phoenix.66.1-2.0122
OpenAlexW1758417769
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas18

This paper argues that plants are sometimes made to play the role of “biographical objects” in Greek and Roman texts. The stories linking plants and three rulers (Attalus iii, Mithradates vi, and Juba ii) suggest that the rhetoric of power associated with the Greek or oriental practice of botany was only progressively accepted by the Romans

Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Ancient literature · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Political rhetoric · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Rhetoric · Traditional medicine · Botanical Research and Chemistry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy