The Lash of Ambition: Plutarch, Imperial Greek Literature and the Dynamics of Philotimia

By Geert Roskam

In this volume, various aspects of Plutarch's view of 'philotimia' are analysed in detail and compared with the position of several authors of the 'Second Sophistic'. This confrontation challenges the often implicit and unquestioned consensus that Plutarch occupies as a singular figure 'his own space' apart from the 'Second Sophistic

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042925396
• ISBN13: 9789042925397
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"