Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Nov 2010)

Tweaking the Real: Art Theory and the Borderline between History and Morality in Plutarch’s Lives

  • Christian Kaesser

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44, no. 4
pp. 361 – 374

Abstract

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Plutarch's methods in his biographical portraits are illuminated by ancient theory about the ethical force of art.