Life of Nicias
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Life of Nicias is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the character and political career of the Athenian general Nicias within the Parallel Lives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life of Nicias canonical | 4 |
| Plutarch's Life of Nicias | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
ⓘ
biographical essay ⓘ work by Plutarch ⓘ |
| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| describesEvent |
Athenian defeat in Sicily
ⓘ
Athenian politics during the Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | Sicilian Expedition ⓘ |
| focusesOnTheme |
caution in leadership
ⓘ
fortune and misfortune ⓘ piety ⓘ responsibility of commanders ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
moral biography ⓘ |
| hasCharacterizationOf |
Nicias as devout and superstitious
ⓘ
Nicias as overly cautious ⓘ |
| hasComparativeFunction | compares Greek and Roman leaders through pairing with Crassus ⓘ |
| hasMoralPurpose | yes ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted |
Alcibiades
ⓘ
Cleon ⓘ Gylippus ⓘ Lamachus ⓘ Pericles ⓘ |
| includedIn | Moralia and Lives manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| influenced | later biographical writing on Nicias ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Middle Platonism
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Platonism (intellectual context of author)
|
| mainSubject | Nicias ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Life of Crassus ⓘ |
| partOf | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| portrays |
Nicias
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian general Nicias
character of Nicias ⓘ political career of Nicias ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| subjectCitizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | general ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 2nd century CE (approximate) ⓘ |
| tradition | Greco-Roman biography ⓘ |
| usesSource | Thucydides ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| workType | ancient historiography ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.