‘Staying Up Late’
Plutarch’s Reading of Xenophon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23701147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip A Stadter (corresponding author), Philip Stadter |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 43-62 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Xenophon (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004234192_003 |
| OpenAlex | W2477027178 |
| ISBN | 9789004234192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Among the great classical authors, Xenophon was especially similar to Plutarch. This chapter demonstrates that Xenophon was much more than a stylistic model or a historical source for Plutarch. Through his frequent nonhistorical citations, borrowings, and allusions Plutarch transforms Xenophon, and with him classical Greek culture, into a new/old blend, incorporating the classical author into a contemporary imperial setting. This process functions in several ways. They are intertextual reconstruction and creation, selection of examples of virtuous behaviour, appropriation of wise sayings, selection of isolated bits of information, recollection of a striking word, phrase or image to add emphasis, and rapid allusion to well-known anecdotes. Plutarch appropriated Xenophon?s works as an integral part of his own identity as a man of culture, a speaker and writer of refined Greek, a historian, a symposiast, an active citizen, and a friend to influential Romans. Keywords:classical Greek culture; Plutarch; Romans; virtuous behaviour; Xenophon
Allusion · Appropriation · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Phrase · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |