A Third Gracchus Brother? Revisiting Plutarch's Account of the Death of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus

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CLASSICAL WORLD Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.1353/clw.2022.0017

E. Ljung

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:This article presents a new reading of Plutarch's account of the death of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Scholarly consensus holds that the "brother" asking the senate for permission to bury the murdered tribune is Caius, thereby linking the two Gracchi by means of the elder's demise. Yet, Plutarch himself suggests that Caius was at Numantia when Tiberius died. I argue that contrary to dominant views, there is a possibility of a third Gracchus living into adulthood, and this third brother's existence illuminates Plutarch's careful method in composing the Lives of the Gracchi.

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西葫芦三哥？重温普鲁塔克对提比略·森普罗尼乌斯·格拉丘斯之死的记述

摘要：本文对普鲁塔克关于提比略斯·森普罗尼乌斯·格拉库斯之死的叙述进行了新的解读。学术界一致认为，请求参议院允许埋葬被谋杀的论坛主的“兄弟”是Caius，从而通过长老的死亡将两个Gracchi联系在一起。然而，普鲁塔克自己认为，提比略去世时，凯厄斯在努曼蒂亚。我认为，与主流观点相反，第三个格拉奇有可能活到成年，而这个第三个兄弟的存在说明了普鲁塔克在创作《格拉奇人的生活》时的谨慎方法。

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期刊介绍： Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.