Barbarian Comparisons

Authors

  • Philip A. Stadter University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0258-655X_12_5

Keywords:

Barbarians, Hellenism, Themistocles, Camillus, Cimon, Lucullus, Alexander, Caesar, Pyrrhus, Marius, Plutarch, Parallel Lives

Abstract

When comparing two heroes, who both fought barbarians, Plutarch does not draw parallels between Greek and Roman campaigns. Instead, in the four pairs of Parallel Lives studied here (Pyrrh.-Mar., Them.-Cam., Cim.-Luc., Alex.-Caes.), Plutarch broadens the significance of barbarian contact, allowing the barbarian enemy, the external Other, to draw attention to Hellenic traits of freedom, culture, and prudence in his heroes and in their cities, both Greek and Roman. Equally important, this Other serves to uncover traces of the barbarian in those same heroes and cities.

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Published

2015-11-03

Issue

Vol. 12 (2015): Ploutarchos

Section

Articles

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