Greek lives

<p>This was the text of my inaugural lecture, and the editors of <i>Ploutarchos</i> were kind enough to suggest to me that, given its Plutarchan emphasis, it might have interest to a wider public. They also, even more kindly, suggested it would be best in its original oral form, in...

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Autor principal: Pelling, C
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: International Plutarch Society 2004
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Resumo:<p>This was the text of my inaugural lecture, and the editors of <i>Ploutarchos</i> were kind enough to suggest to me that, given its Plutarchan emphasis, it might have interest to a wider public. They also, even more kindly, suggested it would be best in its original oral form, including the local pleasantries and some references - for instance to the party which followed - which are extremely occasion-specific. I hope that the informality of style will indeed convey something of the flavour of the occasion. It was also marked by a momentary failure of electricity half way through, plunging the audience of some 200 people into darkness. Plutarchans may take some malicious pleasure that this happened exactly on the word 'Nepos'.</p>