Plutarch created a diverse range of works that have entertained generations of readers since the days of Imperial Rome. Plutarch's writings had an enormous influence on English and French literature.
Plutarch was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo.
He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches.
Contents:
Parallel Lives *
Moralia
The Greek texts
* ‘Parallel Lives’ is a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans by the ancient Greek historian Plutarch who lived during the first and second century AD.
This volume includes the complete ‘Parallel Lives’ in which you will find the biographies of the following persons:
Theseus,
Romulus,
Lycurgus,
Numa Pompilius,
Solon,
Poplicola,
Themistocles,
Camillus,
Pericles,
Fabius,
Alcibiades,
Coriolanus,
Timoleon,
Æmilius Paulus,
Pelopidas,
Marcellus,
Aristides,
Marcus Cato,
Philopœmen,
Flamininus,
Pyrrhus,
Caius Marius,
Lysander,
Sylla,
Cimon,
Lucullus,
Nicias,
Crassus,
Sertorius,
Eumenes,
Agesilaus,
Pompey,
Alexander,
Cæsar,
Phocion,
Cato the younger,
Agis,
Cleomenes,
Tiberius Gracchus,
Caius Gracchus,
Demosthenes,
Cicero,
Demetrius,
Antony,
Dion,
Marcus Brutus,
Aratus,
Artaxerxes,
Galba, and Otho.
Plutarch's ‘Parallel Lives’ remains today as one of the most important historical accounts of the classical period.
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Plutarch was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo.
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