“some cried out that Caesar (…) was seeking a tyranny” (Caes. 6.3): personal interest, transgression of nomos and damage to eleutheria in Plutarch’s Life of Caesar
A recurring concern for the behavior of statesmen is identified in the Parallel Lives of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45 AD - c. 125 AD). The ways in which the biographies conduct themselves place before the reader different types of political figures related to individual powers. Among them, the figur...
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I28-R242-article-155672026-03-30T18:03:30Z “some cried out that Caesar (…) was seeking a tyranny” (Caes. 6.3): personal interest, transgression of nomos and damage to eleutheria in Plutarch’s Life of Caesar "Unos gritaban que era a la tiranía a lo que César aspiraba” (Caes. 6.3): interés personal, transgresión del nómos y perjuicio de la eleuthería en la Vida de César de Plutarco Leorza, María José tiranía, nómos, eleuthería, tirano, César tiranía, nómos, eleuthería, tirano, César A recurring concern for the behavior of statesmen is identified in the Parallel Lives of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45 AD - c. 125 AD). The ways in which the biographies conduct themselves place before the reader different types of political figures related to individual powers. Among them, the figures of both the basileus and the tyrant occupy recognizable places, and the latter seems to be a negative model of a statesman. In this regard, the paper will analyze the presentation of personal power in paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Life of Caesar along with the author’s characterization of tyranny (Caes. 6, 33, 57) and, consequently, of the tyrant. From here, the notions of nomos (Caes. 6) and eleutheria (Caes. 33) expressed by Plutarch will be studied, as well as the relationship established between these and tyranny as a form of government. To this end, the focus will be on the lexicon and the writing resources employed by the pepaideumenos. En Vidas Paralelas, de Plutarco de Queronea (c. 45 d.C. – c. 125 d.C.), se observa una preocupación recurrente por el comportamiento de los hombres de Estado. Las formas de conducirse de los biografiados ponen ante el lector distintos tipos de figuras políticas vinculadas con poderes individuales. Entre ellas ocupan lugares reconocibles las figuras tanto del basileús como del tirano, y esta última parece ser un modelo negativo de estadista. En este sentido, el trabajo analizará la presentación del poder personal en los parágrafos 1 y 4 de la Vida de César junto con la caracterización de la tiranía (Caes. 6, 33, 57) y, por consiguiente, del tirano realizadas por el autor. A partir de aquí, se estudiarán las nociones de nómos (Caes. 6) y eleuthería (Caes. 33) expresadas por Plutarco, así como también la relación establecida entre estas y la tiranía en tanto forma de gobierno. Para ello, se prestará atención al léxico y a los recursos de escritura utilizados por el pepaideuménos. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2026-03-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/15567 10.34096/ahamm.v59.2.15567 Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna; Vol. 59 Núm. 2 (2025) 1853-1555 1514-9927 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/15567/15993 Derechos de autor 2026 María José Leorza https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 |
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A recurring concern for the behavior of statesmen is identified in the Parallel Lives of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45 AD - c. 125 AD). The ways in which the biographies conduct themselves place before the reader different types of political figures related to individual powers. Among them, the figures of both the basileus and the tyrant occupy recognizable places, and the latter seems to be a negative model of a statesman. In this regard, the paper will analyze the presentation of personal power in paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Life of Caesar along with the author’s characterization of tyranny (Caes. 6, 33, 57) and, consequently, of the tyrant. From here, the notions of nomos (Caes. 6) and eleutheria (Caes. 33) expressed by Plutarch will be studied, as well as the relationship established between these and tyranny as a form of government. To this end, the focus will be on the lexicon and the writing resources employed by the pepaideumenos. |
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