Abstract:This article considers some of the literary-critical and rhetorical premises that inform Plutarch's On the Malice of Herodotus, including various Platonic and Aristotelian notions behind Plutarch's attack on Herodotus' purposes and character. I suggest that the treatise's patina of traditionality has the effect of softening Plutarch's censure, normalizing it according to certain literary-critical standards. I also show that while the essay locates itself in the critical tradition, Plutarch does not merely replicate past concepts, and that his admixture of concerns is well embodied in his essay's closing comparison to the bard-figure.

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普鲁塔克《论希罗多德的恶意》中的传统特征

摘要：本文考虑了普鲁塔克的《论希罗多德的恶意》的一些文学批评和修辞前提，包括普鲁塔克对希罗多德的目的和性格的攻击背后的各种柏拉图和亚里士多德观念。我认为，该论文的传统性光泽具有软化普鲁塔克谴责的效果，根据某些文学批评标准将其规范化。我还表明，虽然这篇文章定位于批判传统，但普鲁塔克并不仅仅复制过去的概念，而且他的文章与吟游诗人形象的密切比较很好地体现了他所关注的混合。