Life Devoted to Plutarch: Philology, Philosophy, and Reception

Paola Volpe Cacciatore is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Salerno and current President of the International Plutarch Society. The themes of her research concern Plutarch’s Moralia, Greek tragedy, reception of Plutarchean work in the Humanism, revival of tragedy in modern and contemporary age. Some of her latest publications are L’eredità di Plutarco. Ricerche e proposte (Napoli 2004); Plutarco. Frammenti (ed.) (Napoli 2007); Gli scritti di Plutarco: tradizione, traduzione, ricezione, commento. Atti del IX Convegno Internazionale della International Plutarch Society (G. Pace & P. V. eds.) (Napoli 2013); Il dolore di Fedra tra passato e presente (Trieste 2014).Serena Citro (Ph.D. in Classical Philology and Research Assistant at the University of Salerno and Universidade de Coimbra) takes part in International Conferences on Ancient Greek Language and Literature and is currently involved in Academic Research Projects. She has published many papers on Plutarch, especially on Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata.Fabio Tanga (Ph.D. in Classical Philology, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Adjunct Professor and Research Assistant at the University of Salerno and Universidad de Málaga) takes part in Academic Research Projects and International Conferences on Ancient Greek Literature. He has published the volume Plutarco. La virtù delle donne (Mulierum virtutes). Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione italiana e note di commento (Boston/Leiden: Brill 2019; Brill's Plutarch Studies 3).

"The volume is rewarding to read, not only for the information and insights it provides, but also – or even primarily – for its historical potential. Many readers will benefit from the English translations, gaining access to V.C.’s work for the first time. In my own case, many of the essays were known to me before in their original versions, and I assume that this must also be true for many other readers of this review. Be that as it may, in the present volume, these essays are put in a new context, which allows, if not encourages, them to be read not merely in relation to the questions discussed in the individual essays, but more broadly as a testimony to V.C.’s scholarly dedication to Plutarchan studies over the last few decades. In other words, this book offers a window into the history of contemporary classical scholarship through the example of V.C., a woman who truly devoted her life to Plutarch." - Theofanis Tsiampokalos, in: The Classical Review (2022), 1–3 "Dal libro emerge la figura di una studiosa rigorosa ed appassionata, che fa convergere sinergicamente esame filologico ed indagine antropologica nello studio di temi spesso complessi e di esegesi non univoca senza mai perdere sensibilità culturale e profondità di analisi linguistica, filosofica e letteraria. La raccolta in lingua inglese degli Scripta minora di Paola Volpe Cacciatore per ciò rappresenta, oltre che un sentito omaggio di una comunità di studiosi plutarchei ad una sua illustre componente e al suo operato durante vari lustri, un valido contributo alla conoscenza, in un più ampio consesso internazionale, di una serie di rilevanti studi plutarchei, alcuni dei quali hanno svolto un ruo lo pionieristico o cruciale nella storia degli studi dell’opera del Cheronese." - Vicente Ramón and Fabio Tanga, in: Ploutarchos 19 (2022), 127

• Preliminary NotePrefaceArticles Included in This Book and Their Original Place of PublicationIntroductionAurelio Pérez JiménezPart 1 Plutarch’s Fragments1 Plutarch’s fr. 24 Sandbach2 For the Understanding of a Lost Text3 “Whatever Your Destiny, to Work Is Best:” Plutarch, fr. 44 Sandbach4 Plutarch and the Commentary on Phaenomena of Aratus5 The μεταβολή of the Soul (Frags. 177–178 Sandbach)Part 2 Quaestiones convivales6 Plutarch, Quaest. conv. 4.6: An Example of Religious Syncretism7 “Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura:” Plutarch, Quaest. conv. 5.78 Plutarchus in Plutarcho: De primo frigido and Quaest. conv. 6.4–59 Quaest. conv. 6.8 on Bulimia: Plutarch’s Explanation for a Current ProblemPart 3 Religion & Philosophy10 Plutarch’s δικαιοσύνη in the Writings against the Stoics11 Is the God of the Stoics a Philanthropist?12 Fate and Luck in Plutarch’s Works against the Stoics: An Unresolved Issue13 The Justice of the Sage: Polemic of Plutarch against the Stoics14 Plutarch’s De Iside et Osiride: A Reconciliation between Religion and MythPart 4 Plutarch’s Reception from Humanism to Modern Age15 Reflections on the Translation of De liberis educandis by Guarino Guarini16 The Latin Translation of De genio Socratis by Naogeorgus17 Poetic Quotations in Humanistic Translations of De liberis educandis18 “What Is the Best Music, Ancient or Modern?:” Pietro Metastasio and De musicaBibliographyCurriculum Vitae of Paola Volpe CacciatoreBibliography of Paola Volpe CacciatoreIndex of Ancient Sources