- I miei scritti su Plutarco
- Angelo Casanova
Nipoti, generi e cognati di Plutarco
- Angelo Casanova
- © 2025 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.25
In the QC we encounter three relatives of Plutarch’s indicated as his gambroi: Craton, Firmus, and Patrocleas. A long (and patient) survey on translations and commentaries show how difficult it is to determine their affinity with Plutarch. Several scholars take them for relatives; others prefer to consider them as the husbands of Plutarch’s nieces; still others believe them to be his sons-in-law, thus supposing the existence of three married daughters. However, he only had one daughter, named Timoxena, who lived just two years. The grandchild thygatridè (i.e. daughter of the daughter) who appears in the Cons. uxoris, is a grandchild of the messenger, not Plutarch’s. A passage of the treatise De frat. amore show that gambros means “brother-in-law” (besides “son-in-low”): therefore, these three relatives were obviously three brothers-in-law. If P. had no sisters, they were three brothers of Timoxena.
- Keywords:
- Plutarch,
- Quaestiones Convivales,
- Nieces,
- Grandchildren,
- Brothers-in-law,
- Sons-in-law,
University of Florence, Italy
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Chapter Title
Nipoti, generi e cognati di Plutarco
Authors
Angelo Casanova
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.25
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2025
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Book Title
I miei scritti su Plutarco
Book Subtitle
Raccolti, riveduti e corretti con bibliografia unificata
Authors
Angelo Casanova
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
366
Publication Year
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6
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979-12-215-0823-9
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Studi e saggi
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2704-6478
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2704-5919