Plutarch's Cities
- ISBN-10
- 0192859919
- ISBN-13
- 9780192859914
- Category
- Cities and towns in literature
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-02-15
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Lucia Athanassaki, Frances Titchener
Description
This volume is the first comprehensive attempt to assess the significance of the polis in Plutarch's works from several perspectives, namely the polis as a physical entity, a lived experience, and a source of inspiration; as a historical and sociopolitical unit; as a theoretical construct and paradigm to think with.
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