Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades : (Record no. 39248)
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| Personal name | Verdegem, Simon. |
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| Title | Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades : |
| Remainder of title | Story, Text and Moralism. |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Leuven : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Leuven University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2010. |
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| Formatted contents note | Intro -- PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF ALCIBIADES STORY, TEXT AND MORALISM -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Ancient Works -- 1.1. Plutarch's Lives -- 1.2. Plutarch's Moralia -- 1.3. Other works -- 2. Modern Works and Series -- 2.1. Modern Works -- 2.2. Series -- Introduction -- 1. Moralism -- 1.1. The Moralism of the Parallel Lives -- 1.1.1. The moral purpose of the Parallel Lives -- 1.1.2. Positive and negative examples -- 1.1.3. Non-protreptic moralism -- 1.1.4. Comparative moralism -- 1.2. Alcibiades -- 1.2.1. A turbulent life58 -- 1.2.2. A controversial fi gure -- A. Historiography and biography -- 1. Thucydides -- 2. Xenophon's Greek History -- 3. Diodorus Siculus -- 4. Cornelius Nepos -- B. Rhetoric -- 1. Isocrates' On the Team of Horses -- 2. (Pseudo-)Lysias' Against Alcibiades I -- 3. Pseudo-Andocides' Against Alcibiades -- C. Socratic Literature -- 1. Xenophon's Memorabilia -- 2. (Pseudo-)Plato's Alcibiades I -- 3. Plato's Symposium -- 1.2.3. A negative Life? -- 2. Story -- 2.1. The Story-Text Distinction -- 2.2. Constructing a Story: Plutarch and his Sources -- 2.1.1. Plutarch: a creative writer -- 2.2.2. The referential level for the Life of Alcibiades -- A. Plato -- B. Thucydides -- C. Xenophon -- D. Ephorus -- E. Theopompus -- F. Biography -- 2.2.3. Plutarch's Method of Work -- 3. Text -- 3.1. Plutarch's Narrative Techniques -- 3.1.1. Time -- 3.1.2. Narrator(s) and narrative(s) -- 3.1.3. Focalization -- 3.1.4. Speech representation -- 3.2. The Pairing with Coriolanus -- 3.2.1. The order of the two Lives -- 3.2.2. Plutarch's Coriolanus -- 3.3. The relative chronology of the Parallel Lives -- 1 The Proem (Alc. 1) -- 1. An Intriguing Beginning -- 2. Making a Start -- 2.1. Ancestry (Alc. 1.1) -- 2.2. Upbringing and Education (Alc. 1.2-3) -- 2.3. Physical Appearance (Alc. 1.4-5) -- 2.4. Speech (Alc. 1.6-8) -- 3. Conclusions. |
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| Formatted contents note | 2 A Difficult Character (Alc. 2-9) -- 1. On Character Changes and Innate Passions (Alc. 2.1) -- 2. Childhood Stories (Alc. 2.2-3.2) -- 2.1. Three Memorable Anecdotes (Alc. 2.2-7) -- 2.1.1. The lion on the wrestling ground (Alc. 2.2-3[6] ) -- 2.1.2. Much ado about a throw (Alc. 2.3[6] -4) -- 2.1.3. Too proud to play the aulos (Alc. 2.5-7) -- 2.2. Two Slanderous Stories from Antiphon (Alc. 3) -- 3. How to Distinguish Flatterers from a Friend (Alc. 4-6) -- 3.1. An Accumulation of Contrasts -- 3.1.1. The influence of Socrates (Alc. 4.1-4 and Alc. 6) -- 3.1.2. Two ways to treat your lover (Alc. 4.5-5.5) -- 3.2. An Accumulation of Material -- 3.2.1. The influence of (pseudo-)Plato -- 3.2.2. Alc. 4-6 and other Plutarchan writings -- A. De ad. et am. 68c-71d -- B. De aud. 46c-47b -- C. Amat. 762b-f -- 3.2.3. Four other elements -- 4. Sayings and Doings of a Young Adult (Alc. 7-9) -- 4.1. Three Anecdotes (Alc. 7.1-3[8]) -- 4.1.1. Teaching two teachers a lesson (Alc. 7.1-2) -- 4.1.2. A question for Pericles (Alc. 7.3[4-8] ) -- 4.2. On the Battlefield (Alc. 7.3[9]-6) -- 4.3. Violence, Greed, and Marriage (Alc. 8) -- 4.4. A Wonderful Tale (Alc. 9) -- 5. Conclusions -- 5.1. Plutarch's Sources -- 5.2. Alcibiades' Character -- 5.3. The Structure of the Text -- 5.4. The Reader's Appraisal -- 3 The Ascent to Power (Alc. 10-15) -- 1. A Spectacular Entry (Alc. 10.1-2) -- 2. Alcibiades' Rhetoric (Alc. 10.3-4) -- 3. The Olympic Triumph (Alc. 11-12) -- 3.1. An Unparalleled Exploit (Alc. 11) -- 3.2. The Ionians Pay Tribute (Alc. 12.1) -- 3.3. A Blemish on Alcibiades' Reputation (Alc. 12.2-3) -- 4. The Struggle for Power in Athens (Alc. 13) -- 4.1. Nicias and Phaeax (Alc. 13.1-3) -- 4.2. The Ostracism of Hyperbolus (Alc. 13.4-9) -- 4.2.1. Introducing Hyperbolus (Alc. 13.4-5) -- 4.2.2. Whoso diggeth a pit . . . (Alc. 13.6-9) -- 4.2.3. Ostracism notes. |
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| Formatted contents note | 5. Breaking the Peace of Nicias (Alc. 14-15) -- 5.1. Alcibiades' Envy (Alc. 14.1-2) -- 5.2. The First Steps on the Road to War (Alc. 14.3-5) -- 5.3. The Coup in the Assembly (Alc. 14.6-12) -- 5.3.1. The construction of the story -- 5.3.2. The formal presentation of the materia -- 5.4. The Argive Alliance (Alc. 15.1-2) -- 5.5. After the Battle of Mantinea (Alc. 15.3-8) -- 6. Conclusions -- 6.1. A Talented and Ambitious Politician -- 6.2. Uncertainty Remains -- 6.3. Chronological Displacements -- 6.4. Plutarch's Use of Thucydides and His Other Sources -- 6.5. Two Related Lives -- 4 A Thought-Provoking Transition (Alc. 16) -- 1. Dividing Public Opinion -- 1.1. Conflicting Actions, Conflicting Views (Alc. 16.1-6) -- 1.2. Two 'Divisive Elements' (Alc. 16.7-9) -- 2. Combining Source Material -- 5 The Great Reversal (Alc. 17.1-23.3) -- 1. Thinking about the Conquest of Sicily (Alc. 17.1-18.5) -- 1.1. Alcibiades and the Athenians' Desire for Sicily (Alc. 17.1-4) -- 1.1.1. Simply adapting Thucydides? -- 1.1.2. The comparative degrees of ambition -- 1.2. Dissenting Voices: Socrates and Meton (Alc. 17.5-6) -- 1.3. The Commission of the Commanders (Alc. 18.1-3) -- 1.4. A Bad Omen: the Adonia Festival (Alc. 18.4-5) -- 2. From Mutilation to Condemnation (Alc. 18.6-22.5) -- 2.1. Facts and Hypotheses (Alc. 18.6-8) -- 2.2. Under Attack (Alc. 19) -- 2.3. Alcibiades and the Sicilian Expedition (Alc. 20.1-3) -- 2.4. The Attack Continues (Alc. 20.4-6[26]) -- 2.5. Who Cares about the Truth? (Alc. 20.6[26]-21.6) -- 2.5.1. Questionable testimonies (Alc. 20.6[26]-8) -- 2.5.2. A questionable confession (Alc. 21.1-6) -- 2.6. All Against One (Alc. 21.7-22.5) -- 2.6.1. The recall of Alcibiades (Alc. 21.7-9) -- 2.6.2. Alcibiades' reaction (Alc. 22.1-3) -- 2.6.3. The condemnation of Alcibiades (Alc. 22.4-5) -- 3. Alcibiades' Defection to Sparta (Alc. 23.1-3) -- 4. Conclusions. |
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| Formatted contents note | 4.1. Alcibiades and the Athenian Demos -- 4.2. The Construction of the Story -- 4.3. Shaping the Text and the Reader's Opinion -- 6 The Art of Adaptation (Alc. 23.4-5) -- 1. Alcibiades' Adaptation of his Conduct -- 2. Plutarch's Adaptation of his Material -- 7 From Sparta to Samos (Alc. 23.6-26.9) -- 1. From Sparta to Sardis (Alc. 22.6-25.2) -- 1.1. The Timaea Affair (Alc. 23.6-9) -- 1.2. Defection in Ionia (Alc. 24.1-4) -- 1.3. Alcibiades and Tissaphernes (Alc. 24.5-25.2) -- 1.3.1. Mutual fl attery (Alc. 24.5-7) -- 1.3.2. Divide and rule (Alc. 25.1-2) -- 2. From Sardis to Samos (Alc. 25.3-26.9) -- 2.1. The First Contacts (Alc. 25.3-14) -- 2.1.1. An interesting proposal (Alc. 25.3-6) -- 2.1.2. Phrynichus' treason (Alc. 25.7-14) -- 2.2. New Leadership (Alc. 26) -- 2.2.1. Alcibiades' reappointment as general (Alc. 26.1-3) -- 2.2.2. Alcibiades, saviour of Athens (Alc. 26.4-9) -- 3. Conclusions -- 3.1. Changes and Parallels -- 3.2. Quoting, Adapting and Supplementing Thucydides -- 3.3. Time -- 8 Fighting His Way Back (Alc. 27-31) -- 1. A Quest for Glory (Alc. 27.1-2) -- 2. The Battle of Abydus (Alc. 27.3-6[15] ) -- 3. In Prison (Alc. 27.6[16]-28.2[28] ) -- 4. The Battle of Cyzicus (Alc. 28.2[28] -10) -- 5. Alcibiades and Thrasyllus (Alc. 29.1-5) -- 6. The Expedition against Chalcedon (Alc. 29.6-30.2) -- 7. The Capture of Selybria (Alc. 30.3-10) -- 8. The Chalcedon-Treaty (Alc. 31.1-2) -- 9. The Capture of Byzantium (Alc. 31.3-8) -- 10. Conclusions -- 10.1. Painting a Positive Picture of Alcibiades -- 10.2. Making Choices on the Story-Level -- 10.3. Focusing on Alcibiades' Actions -- 9 At the Height of his Glory (Alc. 32-34) -- 1. Alcibiades' Return to Athens (Alc. 32.1-34.2) -- 1.1. Pride and Fear (Alc. 32.1-2) -- 1.2. Joy and Regret (Alc. 32.3-4) -- 1.3. Critias and Alcibiades (Alc. 33.1) -- 1.4. Rhetoric and Rehabilitation (Alc. 33.2-3). |
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| Formatted contents note | 1.5. Alcibiades and Athena (Alc. 34.1-2) -- 2. The Restoration of the Procession to Eleusis (Alc. 34.3-7) -- 3. Conclusions -- 3.1. New Touches to Familiar Portraits -- 3.2. A Story Full of Reversals -- 3.3. Going Crescendo -- 10 A Tragic Downfall (Alc. 35-39) -- 1. In Absentia (Alc. 35.1-36.5) -- 1.1. The Expedition against Andros (Alc. 35.1-2) -- 1.2. Too High the Expectations, Too Little the Resources (Alc. 35.3-4) -- 1.3. The Athenian Defeat at Notium (Alc. 35.5-8) -- 1.4. Manoeuvres in Athens (Alc. 36.1-4) -- 1.5. Alcibiades' Reaction (Alc. 36.5) -- 1.6. Conclusion: Plotting Alcibiades' Downfall -- 2. A New Blow (Alc. 36.6-37.8) -- 2.1. The Athenian Defeat at Aegospotami (Alc. 36.6-37.5) -- 2.1.1. Different Lives, different narratives -- 2.1.2. Different Lives, same source(s)? -- 2.2. Alcibiades' Reaction (Alc. 37.6-8) -- 3. The Final Act (Alc. 38-39) -- 3.1. In the Minds of the Athenians (Alc. 38.1-5) -- 3.2. Alcibiades' Death (Alc. 38.6-39.9) -- 3.2.1. One Life, different stories -- 3.2.2. The end? -- 4. Conclusions -- 4.1. Xenophon and Other Sources -- 4.2. Three Important Characters -- 4.3. A Tragic Downfall -- Conclusions -- 1. Story -- 1.1. A Wide Range of Sources -- 1.2. Plutarch's Method of Work -- 1.2.1. Reading and writing -- 1.2.2. The Life of Alcibiades and Sayings of Kings and Commanders -- 1.2.3. Clusters and hypomnemata -- 1.3. Plutarch's Compositional Techniques -- 1.3.1. Omission -- 1.3.2. Conflation and 'dichotomies' -- 1.3.3. Chronological displacement -- 1.3.4. Fabrication and alteration -- 2. Text -- 2.1. Time -- 2.1.1. Order -- 2.1.2. Duration -- 2.1.3. Frequency -- 2.2. Focalization and Focus of Character -- 2.3. Direct Discourse -- 2.4. Verbal Parallels and Allusive Images -- 2.5. Narratorial Comments -- 3. Moralism -- 3.1. Plutarch's Picture of Alcibiades -- 3.1.1. Great Talents, Great Ambition. |
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| Formatted contents note | 3.1.2. A difficult character to judge. |
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| Summary, etc. | At the beginning of the second century AD, Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote a series of pairs of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. Their purpose is moral: the reader is invited to reflect on important ethical issues and to use the example of these great men from the past to improve his or her own conduct. This book offers the first full-scale commentary on the Life of Alcibiades. It examines how Plutarchs biography of one of classical Athens most controversial politicians functions within the moral programme of the Parallel Lives. Built upon the narratological distinction between story and text, Verdegems analysis, which involves detailed comparisons with other Plutarchan works (esp. the Lives of Nicias and Lysander) and several key texts in the Alcibiades tradition (e.g., Plato, Thucydides, Xenophon), demonstrates how Plutarch carefully constructed his story and used a wide range of narrative techniques to create a complex Life that raises interesting questions about the relation between private morality and the common good. |
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