Gilabert Barberà, Pau2010-04-152010-04-152008https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12129Podeu consultar la versió en català a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12127 ; i en castellà a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12128In Death in Venice Thomas Mann refers explicitly to Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus in order to explain the relationship between Gustav von Aschenbach and Tadzio but he hides that his novel also depends on Plutarch's Eroticus. Why? The aim of this article is precisely to reveal the different reasons for such an attitude. Indeed, Plutarch speaks highly of conjugal love in his Eroticus and this way is not followed by Mann in Death in Venice but, at the same, the German writer finds in this Plutarch's philosophical dialogue all the necessary elements to build his story of masculine love and decides not to manage without it.26 p.260252 bytesapplication/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd, (c) Gilabert, 2008http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in VenedigPlutarc. AmatoriusEros (Divinitat grega)Filosofia gregaTradició clàssicaLiteratura alemanyaEstudis lesbians i gaisMann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in VenedigPlutarch. AmatoriusEros (Greek deity)Greek philosophyClassical traditionGerman literatureGay and lesbian studiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess