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The act of recording anything is at the same time an act of silencing. Choices are made at every step about what to keep and what to discard. Examining what Plutarch has left out enriches our understanding of what he has chosen to say, and both deepens our knowledge of the literary practices of this influential writer and opens new and fruitful lines of enquiry about Plutarch, his work, and his world.
The act of recording anything is at the same time an act of silencing. Choices are made at every step about what to keep and what to discard. Examining what Plutarch has left out enriches our understanding of what he has chosen to say, and both deepens our knowledge of the literary practices of t...
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Jeffrey Beneker, Ph.D. (2002) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has published on ancient biography and Byzantine literature, including The Passionate Statesman (Oxford, 2012).
Craig Cooper, Ph.D. (1992) University of British Columbia, is a Professor of Classics at the University of Lethbridge. He has published on ancient Greek biography, rhetoric, and law, including Epigraphy and the Greek Historian (University of Toronto Press, 2008).
Noreen Humble, Ph.D. (1997) McMaster University, is Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary and Associate Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. She is the editor of Plutarch’s Lives: Parallelism and Purpose (Classical Press of Wales, 2010).
Frances B. Titchener, Ph.D. (1988) University of Texas, Austin, is Professor of Classics and History at Utah State University. She has been a visiting scholar in Leuven and Rethymno, and co-edited numerous books, including the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Plutarch.
Contributors are: Eran Almagor, Colin Bailey, Frederick E. Brenk, Bernard Boulet, James T. Chlup, Brad L. Cook, Craig Cooper, Joseph Geiger, Chandra Giroux, Noreen Humble, Susan G. Jacobs, Michael Nerdahl, Charles W. Oughton, Christopher Pelling, Thomas C. Rose, Rex Stem.
Craig Cooper, Ph.D. (1992) University of British Columbia, is a Professor of Classics at the University of Lethbridge. He has published on ancient Greek biography, rhetoric, and law, including Epigraphy and the Greek Historian (University of Toronto Press, 2008).
Noreen Humble, Ph.D. (1997) McMaster University, is Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary and Associate Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. She is the editor of Plutarch’s Lives: Parallelism and Purpose (Classical Press of Wales, 2010).
Frances B. Titchener, Ph.D. (1988) University of Texas, Austin, is Professor of Classics and History at Utah State University. She has been a visiting scholar in Leuven and Rethymno, and co-edited numerous books, including the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Plutarch.
Contributors are: Eran Almagor, Colin Bailey, Frederick E. Brenk, Bernard Boulet, James T. Chlup, Brad L. Cook, Craig Cooper, Joseph Geiger, Chandra Giroux, Noreen Humble, Susan G. Jacobs, Michael Nerdahl, Charles W. Oughton, Christopher Pelling, Thomas C. Rose, Rex Stem.
Jeffrey Beneker, Ph.D. (2002) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has published on ancient biography and Byzantine literature, including The Passionate Statesman (Oxford, 2012).
Craig Cooper, Ph.D. (1992) University of...
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