“Exemplary Gallic Wives in the Erotikos ...
Document type :
Partie d'ouvrage
Title :
“Exemplary Gallic Wives in the Erotikos and Mulierum Virtutes of Plutarch: Stereotypes and Comparisons”
Author(s) :
Delattre, Charles [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Scientific editor(s) :
Jacqueline Fabre-Serris
Alison Keith
Florence Klein (éds.)
Alison Keith
Florence Klein (éds.)
Book title :
Identities, Ethnicities and Gender in Antiquity
Publisher :
De Gruyter
Publication place :
Berlin & New York
Publication date :
2021-04-06
English keyword(s) :
Gaul Greek Stereotype Comparison Plutarch Wife
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes classiques
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Religions
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Religions
English abstract : [en]
The Plutarchean treatise Mulierum Virtutes can be defined as a consolatory text, an encomium and a catalogue of exempla. It elaborates on an assumption, introduced with particular vigour in the first lines of the text: ...
Show more >The Plutarchean treatise Mulierum Virtutes can be defined as a consolatory text, an encomium and a catalogue of exempla. It elaborates on an assumption, introduced with particular vigour in the first lines of the text: there is only one kind of honorable conduct, and it can be found in married women as well as in men. Plutarch also develops this particular topic in his Erotikos, a text that has many links with the Mulierum Virtutes and even shares with it one example, that of Camma the Galatian. Both texts rely on a similar composition technique: they develop a comparison (sunkrisis) which differentiates, associates, and parallels Greek and foreign peoples, and also measures men against women. Gender identity and ethnicity are combined in Plutarch’s reflection, but the outcome needs to be precisely assessed, as there is no question of universalism or gender equality in the discussion.Show less >
Show more >The Plutarchean treatise Mulierum Virtutes can be defined as a consolatory text, an encomium and a catalogue of exempla. It elaborates on an assumption, introduced with particular vigour in the first lines of the text: there is only one kind of honorable conduct, and it can be found in married women as well as in men. Plutarch also develops this particular topic in his Erotikos, a text that has many links with the Mulierum Virtutes and even shares with it one example, that of Camma the Galatian. Both texts rely on a similar composition technique: they develop a comparison (sunkrisis) which differentiates, associates, and parallels Greek and foreign peoples, and also measures men against women. Gender identity and ethnicity are combined in Plutarch’s reflection, but the outcome needs to be precisely assessed, as there is no question of universalism or gender equality in the discussion.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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