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4/6 LECTURE: Progeny and Prodigy in Plutarch's Symposium of the Seven Sages

Periander, Tyrant of Corinth

A head of Periander, Tyrant of Corinth, and one of the seven wise men of Greece
Roman copy of a lost original of the 4th century.
Cook 2013, nr. 266

Presented by

Zoe Stamatopolou 

University of Cincinnati
 
April 6, 2026 | 5PM
Eaton Humanities 150
 
This lecture focuses on the portent of the newborn centaur in Plutarch’s Symposium of the Seven Sages (149c1-f1). A close reading of this little-known passage sheds new light on Plutarch’s creative engagement with the Greek past and reveals his preoccupation with heredity and succession in this work.
 
*This lecture is free and open to the public.