artsykat
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Hello, I'm Kateri, nice to meet you~!
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Post by artsykat on Dec 1, 2016 2:43:14 GMT
Julius Caesar, the most famous roman figure, brilliant politician and general, impacted history dramatically. So why then would a full blooded Greek author write about him? Plutarch wanted there to be a mutual respect for the Greeks and the Romans, and he showed this, in an ingenious way, by writing about both Roman and Greek leaders, and exploiting their virtues and vices. This way both the Roman and Greek could receive respect, while understanding that they in fact still have many imperfections. This fact was definitely eye catching for me, considering that I haven't studied Greek philosopher writing about the glory of a Roman, or vice versa. (Plutarch's writings greatly influenced the transformation of biographical and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 18th centuries, as well as William Shakespeare.)
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Post by Christopher Martin on Dec 2, 2016 15:33:56 GMT
In the context about a Greek writing about two Roman figures, I'm not sure that we're prepared to discuss the comparison in how Plutarch wrote about Romans as opposed to Greeks. I wonder if we could instead shift this topic over to a more general discussion of a Greek writing about Romans: what advantages and disadvantages do you think he might have had as a foreigner writing about Romans, and in what ways to these advantages and disadvantages manifest themselves in the text?
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