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Plutarch on DIAITA
Lifestyle, Politics, Well-being, and Conviviality
Series: - Brill's Plutarch Studies, Volume: 16
If Plutarch is commonly associated with biographies and moral instruction, this volume reveals a far broader and more complex intellectual landscape. Plutarch on DIAITA: Lifestyle, Politics, Well-being, and Conviviality explores how everyday practicesâfood, health, pleasure, self-discipline, and convivial interactionâwere understood in antiquity as central expressions of ethics, political culture, and social identity. Through a collection of stimulating and carefully argued studies, the book examines ancient reflections on well-being, leadership, moderation, and communal life, showing how closely private conduct and public values were intertwined. Beyond its relevance for Classical Studies, the volume invites contemporary readers to reconsider enduring questions about balance, sociability, and the relationship between individual habits and collective life.
Carmen Soares is a classicist from Coimbra University, specialising in Greek literature and ancient Greek history, particularly the works of Herodotus. Her main fields of research and publication are identity, political thought, food (heritage, cultures and history), family, and dietetics.
Delfim Leão is a classicist from Coimbra University, specialising in ancient Greek law and political theory, as well as the ancient novel, with a particular focus on Solon and Plutarch. He is also deeply interested in digital humanities and open science.
Soraya Planchas is a classicist from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, specialising in Greek literature, especially Plutarchâs religious and philosophical thought, rhetorical techniques, and Ancient Greek religion, with particular focus on Dionysian, Orphic, and other mystery cults.
Contributors are: Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal, Aurelio Pérez Jiménez, Carmen Soares, Dámaris Romero González, Delfim Leão, Fabio Tanga, Francesca Gaudiano, Geert Roskam, Joaquim Pinheiro, Juan Francisco Martos Montiel, Laurens van der Wiel, Serena Citro.
Delfim Leão is a classicist from Coimbra University, specialising in ancient Greek law and political theory, as well as the ancient novel, with a particular focus on Solon and Plutarch. He is also deeply interested in digital humanities and open science.
Soraya Planchas is a classicist from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, specialising in Greek literature, especially Plutarchâs religious and philosophical thought, rhetorical techniques, and Ancient Greek religion, with particular focus on Dionysian, Orphic, and other mystery cults.
Contributors are: Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal, Aurelio Pérez Jiménez, Carmen Soares, Dámaris Romero González, Delfim Leão, Fabio Tanga, Francesca Gaudiano, Geert Roskam, Joaquim Pinheiro, Juan Francisco Martos Montiel, Laurens van der Wiel, Serena Citro.
This volume will be of particular interest to research centres, academic libraries, scholars, and postgraduate students working in Classical Studies, Ancient History, Philosophy, Philology, Cultural Studies, and the History of Medicine. It will especially appeal to readers interested in Plutarch, ancient ethics, food and convivial culture, well-being, political thought, and the social and intellectual history of the Greek world.