Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
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Plutarch <strong>and</strong> the Greece <strong>of</strong> His Age<br />
Even the great Thesaurus <strong>of</strong> Stephanus <strong>of</strong>ten leaves<br />
one sadly in the lurch; besides, it is both too exten<br />
sive <strong>and</strong> too expensive for general use. What we<br />
need is a careful lexicographical <strong>and</strong> grammatical<br />
study <strong>of</strong> the individual authors <strong>and</strong> the presentation<br />
<strong>of</strong> the results in as succinct a form as possible.<br />
It is a pleasure to note the signs <strong>of</strong> a revival in this<br />
quarter for that it is not a misnomer to speak <strong>of</strong> a<br />
revival will be evident to those who know that the<br />
reader <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the authors above named, together<br />
with others, is largely compelled to rely on texts that<br />
are more than half a century old, in some cases much<br />
more. In this laudable work <strong>of</strong> rediscovery, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Mahaffy in Great Britain, <strong>and</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Krumbacher<br />
in Germany, may be regarded as the leaders. The<br />
former, by his various works upon the Greeks under<br />
Roman sway, <strong>and</strong> the latter by his masterly GcschichtedcrByzantinischcn<br />
Litterahir<strong>and</strong> his Byzantinische<br />
Zeitschrift have done more than any two writers in<br />
the present century to awaken an interest in a sub<br />
ject that has long been in a comatose condition. The<br />
present volume, though bearing upon the general<br />
theme, is concerned with but a small portion <strong>of</strong> it. I<br />
have tried to throw a little light upon two authors, in<br />
whose writings are many passages that put them in<br />
some sort <strong>of</strong> relation to nascent <strong>Christianity</strong>. While<br />
it is almost absolutely certain that neither Seneca<br />
nor Plutarch had any knowledge <strong>of</strong> the new doctrines<br />
first preached in their time, it ought surely to be a<br />
matter <strong>of</strong> interest to every thinking man to note how<br />
no