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Lives, Volume IV

Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla
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Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45?120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daughter and four sons. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned. Plutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the 46 Parallel Lives, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), though the last four lives are single. All are invaluable sources of our knowledge of the lives and characters of Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers and orators. Plutarch's many other varied extant works, about 60 in number, are known as Moralia or Moral Essays. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics and religion. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the Lives is in eleven volumes.

Author Biography

Bernadotte Perrin (1847-1920) was Lampson Professor of Greek Literature and History at Yale University.
Release date NZ
January 1st, 1916
Author
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributor
  • Translated by Bernadotte Perrin
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
LOEB
Pages
480
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Dimensions
115x170x22
ISBN-13
9780674990890
Product ID
3324690

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