eprintid: 30998
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6392
dir: disk0/00/03/09/98
datestamp: 2021-12-21 11:24:19
lastmod: 2022-02-11 06:52:18
status_changed: 2021-12-21 11:24:19
type: doctoralThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Xu, Lang
title: The Obscure Statesman: History, Politics and Character in Plutarch's Life of Phocion
subjects: ddc-930
divisions: i-71730
adv_faculty: af-07
cterms_swd: Phocion
cterms_swd: Athens
cterms_swd: Macedon
abstract: This dissertation is a study of Plutarch's Life of Phocion, which concentrates on the Athenian politician Phocion in the fourth century B.C. Due to the lack of evidence, the Life of Phocion has been neglected by most scholars. This study is an attempt to save Phocion from obscurity, which provides a detailed analysis of Phocion's family background, military and political career, and the reason of his death. In particular, this study aims at exploring Plutarch's purpose for writing a biography for Phocion, a relatively obscure man compared with other great figures in Athens. In general, this study will foster a better understanding of Phocion's career, the political history of Athens in the fourth century B.C., and the literary tendency in Plutarch's own times.
date: 2021
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00030998
ppn_swb: 1785182900
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-309980
date_accepted: 2021-02-22
advisor: HASH(0x55f369191d80)
language: eng
bibsort: XULANGTHEOBSCURE2021
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
citation:   Xu, Lang  (2021) The Obscure Statesman: History, Politics and Character in Plutarch's Life of Phocion.  [Dissertation]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/30998/1/Xu%20Diss%202021%20The%20Obscure%20Statesman%20History%2C%20Politics%20and%20Character%20in%20Plutarch%27s%20Life%20of%20Phocion.pdf