Plutarch's Moon

A New Approach to de Facie Quae in Orbe Lunae Apparet
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54416-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 383 g

Reihe: Brill's Plutarch Studies

In Plutarch’s Moon Luisa Lesage Gárriga offers a new approach on Plutarch’s views on cosmos, the afterlife and salvation, focusing on one of his most fascinating treatises. Dealing with the nature and function of the moon from multiple perspectives, this treatise offers a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge and religious-philosophical thought from the first centuries CE. Yet, up until now no single scholar has attempted an integral approach to its various and complementary perspectives, generally focusing on a specific aspect, as if they were unrelated.
By means of this study, the author shows that De facie is a literary creation that reflects and conveys a coherent worldview, finally providing a solid and overarching understanding of the treatise.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lesage Gárriga, Luisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1 Characters

2 Date Of Composition

3 Date and Location of the Dramatic Action

4 Structure of the Treatise and Summary of Its Contents

2 Study of the Content

1 Plutarch and His Context

2 Nature of the Moon

3 Habitability of the Moon

4 Position of the Moon

5 Conclusions

3 General Conclusions

1 Date of Composition of De facie

2 Date and Location of the Dramatic Action

3 Structure of the Text

4 Conceptual Framework of De facie

5 Philosophical Purpose of De facie

Bibliography

Index Nominum et Locorum

Index of Ancient Sources

Über Autor(innen)

Luisa Lesage Gárriga, Ph.D. (2019), University of Groningen, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature at the University of Córdoba (Spain). She has published a number of articles on Plutarch, Textual Criticism and Late Antiquity religious and philosophical thought.