Plutarch's Life 'Markos Antonios': A Literary and Cultural Study
by Frederick E. Brenk, S. J., Rome
Contents
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I. The Neronian Background to the Life |
4348 |
1. The Nerogonia of the 'Antonios' |
4348 |
2. Plutarch and the Rex turned Rana |
4356 |
3. Nero and Antonius Omestes |
4363 |
4. Vice Inherited: The Rotten Tree |
4367 |
II. Antonius and Demetrios |
4375 |
1. Biographical Platonism and the Chance of Living Again |
4375 |
2. Parallels in Vice |
4380 |
3. Parallels in Assimilations |
4382 |
4. Treading the Same Ground |
4385 |
5. Fighting the Same Battles |
4387 |
6. From Battle to Banquet to Boudoir |
4391 |
7. Inimitable Livers and Inseparable in Death |
4393 |
III. Narrative |
4402 |
1. Time |
4402 |
2. The Unified Plot |
4409 |
3. The Episodic Plot |
4413 |
4. Point of View |
4420 |
IV. Some Aspects of Style |
4426 |
1. The Flight of Themistokles |
4426 |
2. Escaping the Ships of Libo |
4438 |
3. The Battle of Actium |
4441 |
4. The Pageantry: Antonius' Debauchery, His Arrival at Ephesos, Kleopatra's Arrival at Tarsos |
4449 |
V. Bibliography |
4458 |
| Indices |
4895 |
I. Authors and Texts Cited |
4895 |
II. Historical Persons |
4901 |
III. Subjects |
4903 |
IV. Technical Terms |
4910 |
V. Modern Authors |
4912 |
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