Georgiadou AristoulaOikonomopoulou Aikaterini - Space, Time and Language in Plutarch

Space, Time and Language in Plutarch

Millennium-Studien

zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr.

Millennium Studies

in the culture and history of the first millennium C.E.

Herausgegeben von / Edited by
Wolfram Brandes, Alexander Demandt,
Helmut Krasser, Hartmut Leppin,
Peter von Mllendorff, Karla Pollmann

Volume 67

ISBN 978-3-11-053771-0

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To the memory of Franoise Frazier

Alcalde Martn Carlos , Universidad de Mlaga

Alexiou Evangelos , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Almagor Eran , Independent Scholar

Aloumpi Myrto , University of Oxford

Beck Mark , University of South Carolina

Berardi Elisabetta , Universit degli Studi di Torino

Brenk Frederick E. , Pontificio Istituto Biblico

Catanzaro Andrea , Universit degli Studi di Genova

Demulder Bram , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Desideri Paolo , Universit degli Studi di Firenze

Driscoll David F. , University of Miami

Duff Timothy E. , University of Reading

Fernndez Delgado Jos Antonio , Universidad de Salamanca

Fletcher Lucy , University of Reading

Frazier Franoise , Universit Paris Ouest-Nanterre La Dfense

Geiger Joseph , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Goeken Johann , Universit de Strasbourg

Jacobs Susan , Independent Scholar

Kim Lawrence , Trinity University, TX

Lipka Michael , University of Patras

Lucchesi Michele A. , Facolt Teologica dellItalia Settentrionale, Torino

Meeusen Michiel , Kings College London

Nikolaidis Anastasios G. , University of Crete

Oikonomopoulou Katerina , University of Patras

Pelling Christopher B. R. , University of Oxford

Pordomingo Francisca , Universidad de Salamanca

Pugh Ginn Joshua, University of Cambridge

Roskam Geert , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Vamvouri Ruffy Maria , Universit de Lausannne

Volpe Cacciatore Paola , Universit degli Studi di Salerno

Xenophontos Sophia , University of Glasgow

The present volume derives its inspiration from the papers presented at the 10 th Conference of the International Plutarch Society, titled Space, Time and Language in Plutarch s Visions of Greek Culture: Introversion, Imperial Cosmopolitanism and Other Forms of Interaction with the Past and Present , which was held at the European Cultural Center at Delphi, 1618 May 2014. Our choice of Delphi as a venue for the meeting was closely connected with Plutarchs long-standing and deep ties with the city and its sanctuary: ties which extended from his visit to Delphi with his teacher Ammonius on the occasion of Neros tour of Greece in 67 ( The E at Delphi 385B) to his election as one of the two permanent priests of the shrine (perhaps in Trajans reign), down to the reign of Hadrian, when as epimelete of the Delphic Amphictyony he supervised the erection of a statue for the emperor (Dittenberger, Syll . 829A). The wide range of participants included faculty from North American Universities, the United Kingdom, Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Poland, as well as researchers and graduate students in Plutarchan studies.

The papers that were delivered at the Conference aimed to demonstrate how in Plutarchs works spaces, geographical sites, topographical landmarks, historical locations and locales, religious and mythological landscapes (real or imagined) can prompt reflection on a variety of issues: these include the relationship between local culture (in the Greek cities) and the Roman Empire (an inclusive, cosmopolitan space); the nature of the different kinds of interactions (cultural, military, linguistic, mythological and other) among Greeks, Romans and others at different moments in history (thus opening an avenue for understanding Plutarchs perception and construction of time); and the uses of spatial and temporal concepts and terminology in Plutarchs works.

The present volume includes revised and expanded versions of some of the papers presented at the Conference, with an additional contribution by Mark Beck. It addresses not only Plutarch scholars and Classicists, but anyone in the Humanities and Social Sciences interested in the concepts of space and time, and their codification through literary discourse.

Naturally, this volume does not exhaust all research avenues into the topics of space, time and language, as far as Plutarch is concerned. A next step would involve exploring Plutarchs handling of time and space in relation to other imperial authors, Greek or Latin. Moreover, it would be beneficial to enquire whether there are divergences in the concepts of time and space (and their linguistic representation) between the Moralia and the Lives , or across the different genres in which Plutarch writes. But we believe that what emerges clearly from all contributions is both concepts unquestionable value for gaining a richer understanding of Plutarchs engagement with the past, his versions of Greek paideia , his philosophical layers, and his biographical techniques and moralism.

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The 10 th Conference of the International Plutarch Society would not have been feasible without the financial assistance of the International Plutarch Society (I.P.S.), the Municipality of Delphi, the Archdiocese of Thebes and Lebadeia, and the University of Patras Special Account for Research Funds (). We gratefully acknowledge their support.

Warm thanks go to Anastatios Nikolaidis, Christopher Pelling and Frances Titchener, who provided valuable advice on organisational matters as well as on the preparation and publication of this volume. We are especially grateful to Vasiliki Maria Vlachaki, who at the time was a postgraduate student at the University of Patras, for the zeal and efficiency with which she assisted us at all phases of the Conferences preparation. We are also indebted to Angeliki Tzanetou, who offered stimulating insights and sharp observations on the notions of space and time at critical moments of the project. Last but not least, we wish to express our gratitude to Peter von Mllendorff, the editor of the Millenium-Studien, for his advice and guidance during the preparation of this volume, as well as to the editorial team of the series for overseeing this books passage into print.

Aristoula Georgiadou and Katerina Oikonomopoulou

Delphi is a place that is essential to understanding Plutarch in his historical and social context.