2015
DOI: 10.18778/1733-0319.18.04
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Przyjaciel czy pochlebca? Żona jako lustro w „Zaleceniach małżeńskich” Plutarcha (14, 139f–140a)

Abstract: In chapter 14 of the Advice to the Bride and Groom Plutarch recommends a wife should behave like a mirror, faithfully reflecting her husband's moods and attitudes. In this paper I compare this piece of advice with other mirror-similes which have been related to human beings (as lovers, friends, flatterers, and models to follow) in ancient Greek and Roman literature, especially in Plutarch's works. I conclude that the ideal Plutarchan wife has been situated, perhaps unintentionally, "between" friend and flatter… Show more

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