Pseudo-Plutarch
Pseudo-Plutarchis the conventional name given to the actual, but unknown, authors of a number ofpseudepigrapha(falsely attributed works) attributed toPlutarchbut now known to have not been written by him.
Some of these works were included in some editions of Plutarch'sMoralia.Among these are:
- theLives of the Ten Orators(Ancient Greek:Βίοι τῶν δέκα ῥητόρων;Latin:Vitae decem oratorum), biographies of theTen Oratorsof ancientAthens,based onCaecilius of Calacte,possibly deriving from a common source with theLivesofPhotius
- The Doctrines of the Philosophers(Ancient Greek:Περὶ τῶν ἀρεσκόντων φιλοσόφοις φυσικῶν δογμάτων;Latin:Placita Philosophorum)[1]
- De Musica(On Music)
- Whether Fire or Water is More Useful[2]
- Greek and Roman Parallel Stories(Ancient Greek:Διηγήσεις Παράλληλοι Ἑλληνικαὶ καὶ Ῥωμαϊκαί), also known as theParallela Minora[3](Minor Parallels)
- Pro Nobilitate(Noble Lineage)[4]
- De fluviis[5](On Rivers / About the Names of Rivers and Mountains;Greek: Περὶ ποταμῶν καὶ ὀρῶν ἐπωνυμίας)
- De Homero(OnHomer)
- De Unius in Re Publica Dominatione(On the Rule of One in the Republic)
- Consolatio ad Apollonium(Consolation to Apollonius)
These works date to slightly later than Plutarch, but almost all of them date tolate antiquity(3rd to 4th century AD). D. Blank has recently shown thatPro Nobilitatewas written by Arnoul Le Ferron (Arnoldus Ferronus) and first published in 1556.[4]
One pseudepigraphal philosophical work,De Fato(On Fate;included in editions of Plutarch'sMoralia), is thought to be a 2nd-centuryMiddle Platonicwork.
Stromateis(Στρωματεῖς, "Patchwork" ), an important source forpre-Socratic philosophy,is also falsely ascribed to Plutarch.[6]
Some works ascribed to Plutarch are likely of medieval origin, such as the "Letter to Trajan".
References[edit]
- ^The writer of this work depended on the (lost) work of thePeripateticphilosopherAetius(seeJohn Burnet(3rd edition, 1920),Early Greek Philosophy:Section B: Note on the SourcesArchived2009-02-16 at theWayback Machine).
- ^Sandbach, F. H. (1939). "Rhythm and Authenticity in Plutarch's Moralia".The Classical Quarterly.33.
- ^Pseudo-Plutarch.The Parallela Minora (Parallela Graeca et Romana).republished online from Vol. IV of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1936.RetrievedDecember 14,2016.
- ^abBlank, David (2011). "'Plutarch' and the Sophistry of 'Noble Lineage'".In Martínez, Javier (ed.).Fakes and Forgers of Classical Literature.Madrid: Ediciones Clásicas. pp. 33–60.ISBN9788478827251.
- ^"Plutarch".The Mineralogical Record - Library.Archived fromthe originalon August 18, 2016.RetrievedDecember 14,2016.
- ^Marietta, Don E. (1998).Introduction to Ancient Philosophy.M.E. Sharpe. p. 190.ISBN9780765602152.
Sources[edit]
- Aalders G. J. D. "Plutarch or Pseudo-Plutarch? The authorship of De unius in re publica dominatione"MnemosyneXXXV (1982):72-83.
- Boscherini, S. 1985 "A proposito della tradizione del Pro nobilitate pseudo-plutarcheo" in R. Cardini,E. Garin,L. C. Martinelli, G. Pascucci, eds.,Tradizione classica e letteratura umanistica. Per Alessandro Perosa.Vol.I. II. (Humanistica.3.4.). (Roma): 651-660.
- Conti Bizzarro, Ferruccio "Note a Ps.-Plutarch. de musica"MCr29 (1994): 259-261.
- Hillgruber, Michael 1994Die pseudoplutarchische Schrift De Homero.(Stuttgart).
- Jurado, E.A. Ramos "Quaestiones ps.-Plutarcheae" in Pérez Jimenez 1990:123-126.
- Seeliger, Friedrich Konrad 1874De Dionysio Halicarnassensi Plutarchi qui vulgo fertur in vitis decem oratorum auctore.Dissertation—Leipzig. (Budissae).
- Smith, Rebekah M. 1992 "Photius on the ten orators"GRBS33: 59-189.
- Tieleman, Teun 1991 "Diogenes of Babylon and Stoic embryology: Ps. Plutarch, Plac. V 15.4 reconsidered."Mnemosyne44:106-125.
External links[edit]
- Bibliography on Plutarch
- Complete text of thePlacita:Greek and French,EnglishandFrench
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