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Themes, Character, and Politics in Plutarch's Life of Lucullus
Manuel Tröster
其他書名
The Construction of a Roman Aristocrat
出版
Steiner
, 2008
主題
History / Ancient / General
Literary Criticism / General
ISBN
3515091246
9783515091244
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_rMWAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The modern image of the Roman aristocrat L. Licinius Lucullus (cos. 74 B.C.) is, to a large extent, the creation of the Greek biographer Plutarch, whose narrative is structured around a number of themes and leitmotifs: the protagonist's association with Hellenic culture, his luxurious lifestyle, and various issues related to his r�le as a political and military leader. In all of these fields, the depiction of Lucullus is conditioned not only by Plutarch's interests and emphases, but also by the nature of the sources at his disposal. Owing to Plutarch's biographical technique and due to the bias of the contrasting traditions underlying his account, the protagonist's actions are frequently decontextualised from their contemporary setting. Lucullus emerges from this book as an ambitious noble operating within the highly competitive system of Republican politics, and seeking to accumulate and to display power and prestige.
