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    The Passionate Statesman: Erõs and Politics in Plutarch's Lives.Jeffrey Beneker - 2012 - Oxford University Press.
    The Passionate Statesman explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of erõs, or erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity.
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    How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership.Jeffrey Beneker (ed.) - 2019 - Princeton University Press.
    Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous—and massive—Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. Luckily for us, Plutarch distilled what he learned about wise leadership in a handful of essays, which are filled with essential lessons for experienced and aspiring leaders in any field (...)
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    Writing Biography in Greece and Rome: Narrative Technique and Fictionalization ed. by Koen De Temmerman and Kristoffel Demoen.Jeffrey Beneker - 2017 - Classical World: A Quarterly Journal on Antiquity 110 (4):589-590.
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    Agapitos, Panagiotis, and Lars Mortensen, eds. Medieval Narratives between History and Fiction: From the Centre to the Periphery of Europe, c. 1100–1400. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2012. viii.+ 389 pp. Cloth, $76. Ash, Rhiannon, ed. Tacitus. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xi+ 475 pp. Paper, $75. [REVIEW]Jeffrey Beneker & Frederique Biville - 2013 - American Journal of Philology 134:167-172.
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    Classical biography - T. †hägg the art of biography in antiquity. Pp. XVI + 496. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2012. Cased, £70, us$110. Isbn: 978-1-107-01669-9. [REVIEW]Jeffrey Beneker - 2013 - The Classical Review 63 (2):354-356.
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    Ethics in Plutarch's Lives Αλεξίου Πλουτάρχου παράλληλοι βίοι. Η προβληματική των ‘θετικών’ και ‘αρνητικών’ παραδειγμάτων. Pp. 348. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press, 2007. Cased, €27. ISBN: 978-960-12-1572-3. [REVIEW]Jeffrey Beneker - 2012 - The Classical Review 62 (2):450-452.
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    Plutarch's table talk - F. Klotz, K. oikonomopoulou the philosopher's banquet. Plutarch's table talk in the intellectual culture of the Roman empire. Pp. XX + 279. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2011. Cased, £55, us$99. Isbn: 978-0-19-958895-4. [REVIEW]Jeffrey Beneker - 2013 - The Classical Review 63 (1):86-88.
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