Plutarch on animals: rhetorical strategies in de sollertia animalium.

In this article the author discusses the use of animals as examples, metaphors and as rhetorical devices in the essay "De Sollertia Animalium," by Plutarch. The dialogue method of argument in the essay is described. The author examines Plutarch's use of anthropomorphism. Modern critical reaction to...

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Published in:	Hermathena no. 179; pp. 141 - 164
Main Author:	Mossman, Judith
Format:	Article
Published:	Trinity College, Dublin Winter2005
Subjects:	Essays Plutarch, ca. 46-120 Dialogue Ancient philosophy Anthropomorphism
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