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Symposion and Philanthropia in Plutarch Autor(Es) Symposion and philanthropia in Plutarch Ferreira, José Ribeiro, ed. lit.; Leão, Delfim Ferreira, ed. lit.; Tröster, Autor(es): Manuel, ed. lit.; Dias, Paula Barata, ed. lit. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra; Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Publicado por: Humanísticos URL persistente: URI:http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/2353 DOI: DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-8281-17-3 Accessed : 7-Oct-2021 09:05:29 A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos. 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IMPRENSA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA COIMBRA UNIVERSITY PRESS ANNABLUME HVMANITAS SVPPLEMENTVM • ESTUDOS MONOGRÁFICOS ISSN: 2182-8814 Apresentação: esta série destina-se a publicar estudos de fundo sobre um leque variado de temas e perspetivas de abordagem (literatura, cultura, história antiga, arqueologia, história da arte, filosofia, língua e linguística), mantendo embora como denominador comum os Estudos Clássicos e sua projeção na Idade Média, Renascimento e receção na actualidade. Symposion and Philanthropia in Plutarch José Ribeiro Ferreira, Delm Leão Manuel Troster e Paula Barata Dias (eds.) IMPRENSA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA COIMBRA UNIVERSITY PRESS ANNABLUME Symposion and Philanthropia in Plutarch Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra A C- E P Maria do Céu Fialho José Ribeiro Ferreira, Maria de Fátima Silva, Francisco de Oliveira & Nair de Castro Soares Ália Rodrigues & Rodolfo Lopes Rodolfo Lopes Simões & Linhares, Lda. Av. Fernando Namora, nº 83 - Loja 4 3000 Coimbra ISBN: 978-989-8281-17-3 ISBN D: 978-989-26-0908-9 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-8281-17-3 Legal Deposit: 302102/09 @ I U C @ C E C H U C 2010 - POCI/2010 ,metsys laveirter a ni derots ,decudorper eb yam noitacilbup siht fo trap oN .devreser sthgir llA sthgir .devreser oN trap fo siht noitacilbup yam eb ,decudorper derots ni a laveirter ,metsys or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS Preface i Editors Introduction iii Christopher PELLING (Christ Church, Oxford) OPENING SESSION The place of Plutarch in the literary genre of SYMPO S IUM 3 Sven-Tage TEODORSSON (Göteborg University) SE C TION 1: PHILOSOPHI C AL AND LITERARY CONTEXTS OF THE SYMPO S ION TRABAJO S Y DÍA S como hipotexto de las obras simposíacas de Plutarco 19 José Antonio FERNÁNDEZ DELGADO (Universidad de Salamanca) Moderación en el simposio en SOBRE LA VI D A Y POE S ÍA D E HOMERO de Pseudo-Plutarco 31 Josefa FERNÁNDEZ ZAMBUDIO (Universidad de Murcia) Plato’s SYMPO S IUM and Plutarch’s ALCIBIA D E S 37 Timothy E. DUFF (University of Reading) “In learned conversation”. Plutarch’s symposiac literature and the elusive authorial voice 51 Frederick E. BrenK (Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome) Plutarch’s T EC H NE R H E T ORIKE for the symposium in QUAE st IONE S CONVIVALE S : the importance of speaking well to cultivate friendship 63 Lluís GONZÀlez JuliÀ (University of Barcelona) Influencia de los PROGYMNA S MA T A en la composición de los S YMPO S IA de Plutarco: el caso de EL BAN Q UE T E D E LO S SIE T E SABIO S 75 Ana Vicente Sánchez (Universidad de Zaragoza) Simposio e filosofia: il problema del “Dio geometra” 87 Franco Ferrari (Università di Salerno) Riddling at table. T RIVIAL AINIGMA T A V S . P H ILO S OP H ICAL PROBLEMA T A 97 Simone Beta (University of Siena) The reading of texts at the Graeco-Roman symposium and in the Christian gathering 103 Valeriy AliKIN (University of Leiden) Plutarco e la lettura nel simposio 113 Gennaro D’Ippolito (Università di Palermo) SE C TION 2: THE SYMPO S ION AS A SPA C E FOR SO C IAL AND POLITI C AL GATHERINGS Leading the party, leading the city: the symposiarch as POLI T IKO S 123 Philip A. Stadter (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) A “barbarian” S YMPO S IUM and the absence of P H ILAN th ROPIA (AR T AXERXE S 15) 131 Eran Almagor (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) CENA APU D CA T ONE S : ideology and sympotic behavior 147 Mark BECK (University of South Carolina, Columbia) Banquet and philhellenism in the LIVE S OF FLAMININU S and AEMILIU S PAULLU S 165 Manuel trÖster (University of Coimbra) Crassus as symposiast in Plutarch’s LIFE OF CRA ss U S 181 James T. chlup (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg) SE C TION 3: DISRUPTIVE SYMPO S IA Drunken violence and the transition of power in Plutarch’s ALEXAN D ER 193 Jeffrey beneKER (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Política y confrontación en los banquetes macedonios en la obra de Plutarco 201 Antonio Ignacio Molina MARÍN (Universidad de Murcia) The banquets of Alexander 211 Pilar GÓmez & Francesca Mestre (University of Barcelona) Crossing status barriers: the disruption of an imperial banquet by angry soldiers in Plutarch’s Oth O 223 Lukas DE Blois (Radboud University of Nijmegen) Festins de sangue: a tradição do banquete aziago em Plutarco 231 Nuno Simões Rodrigues (Universidade de Lisboa) El banquete traicionero en las VI D A S de Plutarco 245 Israel MUÑOZ Gallarte (Universidad de Groningen) Veneno simposíaco: envenenamiento en los banquetes en la obra plutarquea 255 Dámaris Romero González (Universidad de Birmingham) SE C TION 4: PHILANTHROPIA , PHILIA AND ERO S La notion de P H ILAN th ROPIA chez Plutarque: 263 contexte social et sources philosophiques Francesco Becchi (Université de Florence) PH ILAN th ROPIA as sociability and Plutarch’s unsociable heroes 275 Anastasios G. NIKolaidis (University of Crete, Rethymno) È il dio degli Stoici filantropo? 289 Paola VOLPE Cacciatore (Università di Salerno) Harvesting the fruits of virtue: P H ILIA , ERO S and ARE T E in Plutarch 297 Toni Badnall (University of Nottingham) Eros em Plutarco e a apologia do amor conjugal 307 Maria Leonor Santa Bárbara (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) KRA S I S OINOU D IKEN . Amore coniugale e linguaggio del simposio nell’AMA T ORIU S di Plutarco 313 Rosario scannapieco (Università di Salerno) Tragedy and P H ILAN th ROPIA in the LIVE S OF DEMO sth ENE S AN D CICERO 333 Marta várzeas (University of Oporto) Amistad, filantropía y ERO S en la PAI D EIA plutarquea: la VI D A D E CA T ÓN EL VIEJO 341 Vicente M. RAMÓN Palerm (Universidad de Zaragoza) Filantropía en la VI D A D E CA T ÓN EL VIEJO 351 José M. Candau MORÓN (Universidad de Sevilla) O sentido de P H ILAN th ROPIA nas biografias de Coriolano, Cícero e Catão de Útica 359 Joaquim J. S. Pinheiro (Universidade da Madeira) SE C TION 5: QUA es TION es CONVIVAL es Educating the young ... over wine? Plutarch, Calvenus Taurus, 369 and Favorinus as convivial teachers Geert rosKAM (Catholic University of Leuven) “Vinous babbling” . The symposium in Plutarch’s TABLE TALK VII, 9 – VIII, Proem (714A – 717A) and Maximus of Tyre’s ORA T ION XXII 385 Jeroen Lauwers (Research Foundation – Flanders; Catholic University of Leuven) The role of reality in Plutarch’s QUAE st IONE S CONVIVALE S 395 Frances B. Titchener (Utah State University, Logan) Dancing with Plutarch. Dance and dance theory in Plutarch’s TABLE TALK 403 Carlos A. Martins de Jesus (University of Coimbra) The omnipresence of philosophy in Plutarch’s QUAE st IONE S CONVIVALE S 415 Rodolfo lopes (University of Coimbra) “And who did not attend the banquet?” Evocative contexts of women in Plutarch’s QUAE st IONE S CONVIVALE S 425 Ália Rosa C. Rodrigues (University of Coimbra) Truffles and thunderbolts (Plu., QUAE st . CONV . 4.2, 1-2) 439 Aldo setaioli (University of Perugia) Astrometeorología e influencia lunar en las QUAE st IONE S CONVIVALE S de Plutarco 447 Aurelio PÉrez JIMÉnez (Universidad de Málaga) SE C TION 6: CONVIVIUM SE PT E M SAPI E NTIUM El BAN Q UE T E D E LO S SIE T E SABIO S de Plutarco y los temas de sabiduría práctica 459 José Vela Tejada (Universidad de Zaragoza) El BAN Q UE T E D E LO S SIE T E SABIO S como T OUR D E FORCE escolar 471 Rodolfo González EQuihua (Universidad de Salamanca) Historical fiction, brachylogy, and Plutarch’s BAN Q UE T OF th E SEVEN SAGE S 481 Lawrence Kim (University of Texas, Austin) Animal P H ILAN th ROPIA in the CONVIVIUM SEP T EM SAPIEN T IUM 497 Stephen T. NewmYer (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh) Music and symposium in Plutarch’s CONVIVIUM SEP T EM SAPIEN T IUM : a brief note 505 Roosevelt Araújo da ROCHA JÚNIOR (Federal University of Paraná) The T YRANNO S as a S OP H O S in the SEP T EM SAPIEN T IUM CONVIVIUM 511 Delfim F.
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