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BENEKER, J., The Passionate Statesman. Eros and Politics in Plutarch's Lives. Oxford University Press, 2012. 272p. Hardback. One of the great strengths of the book is the clarity with which the arguments are developed, particularly when negotiating episodes already well examined in scholarship. By pursuing the angle that Plutarch viewed erotic relationships as a weathervane for the psychological disposition of his subjects, Beneker has illuminated further Plutarchs historical-ethical approach to writing lives, has added greatly to an understanding of his method, his use of sources, and his practice of inventio, and has presented new and important readings of episodes in the Lives. Noreen Humble, Phoenix 25/07/13 (Publisher's information). € 176.64 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199695904