Moderación en el simposio en Sobre la vida y Poesía de Homero de Pseudo-Plutarco

Abstract

This study analyses the defense of moderation in eating and drinking in the Essay on the Life and Poetry of Homer ascribed to Plutarch, looking at the author’s use of quotations from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Food and wine are considered necessary and beneficial but, when consumed to excess, can have adverse effects on human health. The text forms part of a well-known tradition, as is evidenced by parallels with ancient medicine and Plutarch himself.