- Tytuł:
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Przyjaciel czy pochlebca? Żona jako lustro w „Zaleceniach małżeńskich” Plutarcha (14, 139f–140a)
Friend or Flatterer? A Wife as a Mirror in Plutarch’s ”Advice to the Bride and Groom” (14, 139f–140a) - Autorzy:
- Sowa, Joanna
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/967166.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2015
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
- Tematy:
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Plutarch
marriage
friendship
flattery
mirror - Opis:
- In chapter 14 of the “Advice to the Bride and Groom” Plutarch recommends a wife should behave like a mirror, faithfully reflecting her husband’s moods and attitudes. In this paper I compare this piece of advice with other mirror-similes which have been related to human beings (as lovers, friends, flatterers, and models to follow) in ancient Greek and Roman literature, especially in Plutarch’s works. I conclude that the ideal Plutarchan wife has been situated, perhaps unintentionally, „between” friend and flatterer, because the mirror-simile in the “Advice…” symbolizes not only the true unity of man and his wife, but also the strict hierarchy amongst them.
- Źródło:
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Collectanea Philologica; 2015, 18
1733-0319
2353-0901 - Pojawia się w:
- Collectanea Philologica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki