Plutarch’s Hesiod: Tradition and Identity Formation in a Greco-Roman Context
In Plutarch’s times Hesiod was still seen as the second founding father of Panhellenic culture and identity. For various reasons Plutarch held Hesiod in high esteem and played an important role in keeping the poet under the spotlight of paideia. In present article three Plutarchan sources are re-exa...
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| description | In Plutarch’s times Hesiod was still seen as the second founding father of Panhellenic culture and identity. For various reasons Plutarch held Hesiod in high esteem and played an important role in keeping the poet under the spotlight of paideia. In present article three Plutarchan sources are re-examined Hesiod’s claim to have won a poetry contest: Schol. Hesiod WD 650-662 and references to the story in Table Talk and The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Starting point is a close reading of the Proclan scholion in the light of Plutarch’s sympotic work. While the former introduces a Plutarch averse to mythopoeia, the latter shows just how important story-telling is to him in promoting and maintaining Panhellenic tradition and identity under a Roman rule. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6368966ccc0b4f36ae993a094a0ac0d52024-03-01T10:21:42ZengAthens Institute for Education and ResearchAthens Journal of History2407-96772024-01-01101416410.30958/ajhis.10-1-3Plutarch’s Hesiod: Tradition and Identity Formation in a Greco-Roman Context Peter Malisse0PhD Student, Catholic University of Leuven, BelgiumIn Plutarch’s times Hesiod was still seen as the second founding father of Panhellenic culture and identity. For various reasons Plutarch held Hesiod in high esteem and played an important role in keeping the poet under the spotlight of paideia. In present article three Plutarchan sources are re-examined Hesiod’s claim to have won a poetry contest: Schol. Hesiod WD 650-662 and references to the story in Table Talk and The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Starting point is a close reading of the Proclan scholion in the light of Plutarch’s sympotic work. While the former introduces a Plutarch averse to mythopoeia, the latter shows just how important story-telling is to him in promoting and maintaining Panhellenic tradition and identity under a Roman rule.https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2024-10-1-3-Malisse.pdf |
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