TY - JOUR
TI - Plutarch and the Persians
AU - Almagor, Eran
TI - Plutarch and the Persians
AB - This paper deals with the image of Persia and the Persians in the works of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45–c. 120 AD), in both his Moralia and Lives. It explores this theme under several headings: Plutarch as: (a) a Greek Imperial author, (b) an author dealing with historical subjects, (c) a biographer, (d) a moralist, and (e) a philosopher and an essayist concerned with religious themes. 
VL - 2017
IS - Volume 24
PY - 2017
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 123
EP - 170
DO - 10.4467/20800909EL.17.025.7507
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/plutarch-and-the-persians
KW - Plutarch
KW - Persia/Persians
KW - Second Sophistic
KW - Aristides
KW - Themistocles
KW - Agesilaus
KW - Lysander
KW - Artaxerxes
KW - Alexander the Great
KW - Zoroastrianism
KW - Magoi