Roman values and the archetypal exemplum
The special capacity of exemplary stories
Exploitation, participation and the social function exempla
The experience of learning from exempla
Multiplicity, breadth, diversity and situational sensitivity in exemplary ethics
Working consensus around Roman exempla
Indeterminacy of exempla : interpretation, motivation and improvisation
Sites of exemplarity : referentiality, memory, orality
The dynamics of cultural memory : forgetting, rupture, contestation
Changing sites of exemplarity : two case studies
Diachronic overview of the exemplary terrain
Controversial thinking through exempla
Philosophical and literary adventures in the exemplary terrain.