Plutarch's Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia

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Plutarch's Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia (Brill's Plutarch Studies) edited by Craig Cooper, Jeffrey Beneker, Noreen Humble, Frances B. Titchener
English | June 17, 2022 | ISBN: 9004514244 | True PDF | 307 pages | 2.3 MB

This book examines passages in Plutarch’s works that foil expectations and whose silence invites closer examination. The contributors question omissions of authors, works, people, and places, and they examine Plutarch’s reticence to comment where he usually would.