A Versatile Gentleman

<p>Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist an erudite historian a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues a priest of Apollo at Delphi and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre he appears as a sharp polemicist and a loving father an ardent pupil but also a kind inspiring teacher a sober historian and a teller of wondrous tales. In view of all these different personae erudite versatility is without any doubt a major characteristic of Plutarch's works. A Versatile Gentleman is dedicated to Luc Van der Stockt professor emeritus of Greek language and literature at KU Leuven and a truly versatile gentleman. The volume aims to do justice to his and Plutarch's versatility by discussing the Chaeronean from many different angles. As such it sheds new light on the coherence of and the tensions in Plutarch's thinking and writing.<br><br>This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).</p>