Plutarch And The Persica (Edinburgh Studies In Ancient Persia)

Eran Almagor addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century BCE Greek works on the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Persica. The second is the method of work of the biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea (45-120 CE) who used these works to compose his biographies, in particular the Life of the Persian king Artaxerxes. By dealing with both issues simultaneously, Almagor proposes a new way of approaching the two entangled problems, and offers a better understanding of both the portrayal of ancient Persia in the lost Persica works and the manner of their reception nearly 500 years later. Intended for both scholars and students of the Achaemenid Empire and Greek imperial literature, this book bridges the two worlds and two important brances of scholarship--Back cover.

• | Author: Eran Almagor
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 16, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0748645551
• | ISBN-13: 9780748645558