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Title: Influencia de los progymnasmata en la composición de los symposia de Plutarco: el caso de El Banquete de los Siete Sabios
Authors: Vicente Sánchez, Ana
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos
Journal: http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/2353
Abstract: The Symposiacs offer a good entry point for understanding Plutarch’s dialogues. Plato’s, such as the Symposion, are often used as a model to interpret Plutarch’s without consideration of the changed circumstances in the Imperial period. Also, toward the end of Plato’s life, his dialogues became treatises in which the interlocutors are hardly important. Plutarch used no single character throughout his dialogues. Like Cicero he wanted to present the opinions of the philosophical schools, and often his own position is difficult to discern. The role and importance of various persons in the spirited intellectual discussions of the Symposiacs offer a clue to his intentions in the dialogues. At the same time, unlike his dialogues, his own persona appears frequently and with a surprising assertiveness. In some Symposiacs, especially the Ninth Book, as in The E at Delphoi and the Erotikos, he appears as fairly young, possibly a distancing technique. The Symposiacs in any case offered an opportunity to present his views in various shapes and sizes.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/31980
ISBN: 978-989-26-0908-9 (PDF)
DOI: 10.14195/978-989-8281-17-3_7
Rights: open access
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