Beyond the Boundaries of Fantasia: An ancient imagining of the future of leadership

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LISTENING FOR LEADERSHIP

Using Jeremy McIerney's article, "Plutarch's Manly Women," answer the following questions:

What is McInerney’s thesis or central claim?

Does his interpretation of Plutarch’s attitudes towards gender, morality, and leadership match your own?

Where do you disagree with his argument?

Does McInerney’s interpretation help to account for how Plutarch approaches Fulvia, Octavia, and Cleopatra in the Life of Antony?

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