The art of biography in Antiquity
Greek and Roman biography embraces much more than Plutarch, Suetonius and their lost Hellenistic antecedents. In this book Professor Hägg explores the whole range and diversity of ancient biography, from its Socratic beginnings to the Christian acquisition of the form in late antiquity. He shows how...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prolegomena on biography modern and ancient
- 1. In the beginning was Xenophon: memoir, encomium, romance
- 2. Hellenistic theory and practice: fragments of industry
- 3. Popular heroes: the slave, the king, the poet
- 4. The Gospels: from sayings to a full life
- 5. Political biography at Rome: a new start
- 6. Plutarch and his Parallel Lives: ethical biography
- 7. Ways of life: philosophers and holy men
- Epilogue on ancient and Christian biography