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Frederick E. Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer
âThe Religious Spirit of Plutarch of Chaironeiaâ and âThe Life of Mark Antonyâ
Series: - Brill's Plutarch Studies, Volume: 1
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The present book Frederick E. Brenk: Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer, âThe Religious Spirit of Plutarch of Chaironeiaâ and âThe Life of Mark Antonyâ includes the updated and revised version of two seminal articles on Plutarch by F. E. Brenk published thirty years ago in ANRW. Edited by Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, both articles cover the two sides of Plutarchâs corpus, the Lives and Moralia.
Frederick Brenk, PhD (1971), University of Kentucky, is Professor Ordinarius Emeritus Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. He has published extensively on Plutarch during the last four decades.
Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Dr. Litt. (1997) and Dr Theologiae (2004), is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity.
Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Dr. Litt. (1997) and Dr Theologiae (2004), is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity.
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Introduction to Frederick Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer
âLautaro Roig Lanzillotta
Introduction
1 Life
2 The Development of Plutarchâs Religious Ideas, and His Religious Works
3 Plutarchâs Idea of God in the Light of Alexandrian Middle Platonism
4 Plutarchâs Daimonology
5 De Iside et Osiride: Allegorical Interpretation and Syncretism
6 Plutarch and the Stoics
7 Religion in the Lives: Daimon and Tyche
8 Omens and Portents
9 Dreams
10 Divine Retribution
11 Delphi
12 The Mythological Lives and Roman Religion
1 The Neronian Background to the Life
â1âThe Nerogonia of the Antonios
â2âPlutarch and the Rex Turned Rana
â3âNero and Antonius Omestes
â4âVice Inherited: The Rotten Tree
2 Antonius and Demetrios
â1âBiographical Platonism and the Chance of Living Again
â2âParallels in Vice
â3âParallels in Assimilations
â4âTreading the Same Ground
â5âFighting the Same Battles
â6âFrom Battle to Banquet to Boudoir
â7âInimitable Livers and Inseparable in Death
3 Narrative
â1âTime
â2âThe Unified Plot
â3âThe Episodic Plot
â4âPoint of View
4 Some Aspects of Style
â1âThe Flight of Themistokles
â2âEscaping the Ships of Libo
â3âThe Battle of Actium
â4âThe Pageantry: Antoniusâ Debauchery, His Arrival at Ephesos, Kleopatraâs Arrival at Tarsos
Bibliography
Index of Authors and Texts Cited
Index of Historical Persons
Index of Subjects
Index of Technical Terms
Index of Modern Authors
Introduction to Frederick Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer
âLautaro Roig Lanzillotta
An Imperial Heritage: The Religious Spirit of Plutarch of Chaironeia, by F.E. Brenk
Introduction
1 Life
2 The Development of Plutarchâs Religious Ideas, and His Religious Works
3 Plutarchâs Idea of God in the Light of Alexandrian Middle Platonism
4 Plutarchâs Daimonology
5 De Iside et Osiride: Allegorical Interpretation and Syncretism
6 Plutarch and the Stoics
7 Religion in the Lives: Daimon and Tyche
8 Omens and Portents
9 Dreams
10 Divine Retribution
11 Delphi
12 The Mythological Lives and Roman Religion
Plutarchâs Life Markos Antonios: A Literary and Cultural Study, by F.E. Brenk
1 The Neronian Background to the Life
â1âThe Nerogonia of the Antonios
â2âPlutarch and the Rex Turned Rana
â3âNero and Antonius Omestes
â4âVice Inherited: The Rotten Tree
2 Antonius and Demetrios
â1âBiographical Platonism and the Chance of Living Again
â2âParallels in Vice
â3âParallels in Assimilations
â4âTreading the Same Ground
â5âFighting the Same Battles
â6âFrom Battle to Banquet to Boudoir
â7âInimitable Livers and Inseparable in Death
3 Narrative
â1âTime
â2âThe Unified Plot
â3âThe Episodic Plot
â4âPoint of View
4 Some Aspects of Style
â1âThe Flight of Themistokles
â2âEscaping the Ships of Libo
â3âThe Battle of Actium
â4âThe Pageantry: Antoniusâ Debauchery, His Arrival at Ephesos, Kleopatraâs Arrival at Tarsos
Bibliography
Index of Authors and Texts Cited
Index of Historical Persons
Index of Subjects
Index of Technical Terms
Index of Modern Authors
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