Open AccessPlutarch in Fifth-century Athens
Author(s) -
Anthony J. Podlecki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ploutarkhos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2832-2118
pISSN - 0258-655X
DOI - 10.14195/0258-655x_13_3
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , history , classics , archaeology
This article explores Plutarch’s contribution to our knowledge of fifth-century Athens through an examination of his biographies of Kimon, Themistokles, Perikles, Aristeides, Nikias, and Alkibiades. The article assesses the information that Plutarch conveys and, in addition, sets his work into its broader historical context through comparison with other ancient sources, and in particular with the history of Thoukydides.