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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 Moralia is in fifteen volumes, volume XIII having two parts.

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Written around the year 100, Plutarch's Lives have shaped perceptionsof the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans for nearly two thousand years.This engaging and stimulating book introduces both general readers and students toPlutarch's own life and work.Robert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in whichPlutarch worked--Greece under Roman rule--and discusses his family relationships,background, education, and political career. There are two sides to Plutarch: the mostwidely read source on Greek and Roman history and the educator whose philosophicaland pedagogical concerns are preserved in the vast collection of essays and dialoguesknown as the Moralia. Lamberton analyzes these neglected writings, arguing that wemust look here for Plutarch's deepest commitment as a writer and for the heart of hisaccomplishment. Lamberton also explores the connection between biography andhistoriography and shows how Plutarch's parallel biographies served the continuingprocess of cultural accommodation between Greeks and Romans in the Roman Empire.He concludes by discussing Plutarch's influence and reputation through the ages. ... Read more

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A Book On One Of The Best Biographers Of Antiquity
Robert Lamberton writes an excellent literary and historical criticism on one of the best biographers of antiquity, Plutarch.Plutarch in his "Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans" written around 100C.E., sheds new light on Greek and Roman history from their Bronze Age beginnings, shrouded in myth, down through Alexander and late Republican Rome.Plutarch's "Lives", served as the sourcebook for Shakespeare's Roman Plays.Plutarch is the lens that we use today to view the Greco-Roman past; his work has shaped our perceptions of that world for 2,000 years.Plutarch writes of the rise of Roman Empire while Gibbon uses his scholarship to advance the story to write about its decline.Plutarch's vast collection of neglected essays known as the "Moralia" is written in similar fashion to Plato's "Dialogues" and it gives us the best picture of Plutarch's beliefs and observations of the world around him.Plutarch is a complex character with an extraordinary broad experience.He was a proud Greek that was equally effected by Roman culture, a Delphic priest, a leading Platonist, a moralist, educator and philosopher with a deep commitment as a first rate writer.Being a Roman citizen, Plutarch was afforded the opportunity to become an intimate friend to prominent Roman citizens and a member of the literary elite in the court of Emperor Trajan.Robert Lamberton does an excellent job of elucidating Plutarch's contribution and attitude to history.He also concludes this book by pointing out Plutarch's influence and reputation through the ages.

I recommend this book and R. H. Barrow's book, "Plutarch and His Times" to anyone who is interested in political philosophy, and history.
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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 Moralia is in fifteen volumes, volume XIII having two parts.

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The lives of the great founders of Rome and Greece as recorded by the Plutarch the famous Greek history from 100 AD. Plutarch wrote a collection of short biographies on the leaders of Greece and Rome that shaped the world of his day. Plutarch also wrote comparisons between the Geek founder Thesus and the Roman founder Romulus. And Between the great conquers of the ancient world Alexander and Caesar. ... Read more

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Plutarch's Lives of Themistocles; Pericles; Aristides; Alcibiades and Coriolanus; Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus; Demosthenes; and Cicero; Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero; Caesar and Antony. In the translation called Dryden's corrected and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough with introductions and notes. ... Read more

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Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 -120), better known in English as Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist. Plutarch was born to a prominent family in Greece. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the Academy of Athens under Ammonius from 66 to 67. He had a number of influential friends, including Soscius Senecio and Fundanus, both important senators, to whom some of his later writings were dedicated. His oeuvre consists of the Parallel Lives and the Moralia. He travelled widely in the Mediterranean world, including central Greece, Sparta, Corinth, Patrae, Sardes, Alexandria, and two trips to Rome. He led an active social and civic life while producing an incredible body of writing, much of which is still extant. His Life of Pyrrhus is a key text because it is the main historical account on Roman history for the period from 293 to 264 BC, for which neither Dionysius nor Livy have surviving texts. Amongst his other works are Plutarch's Lives (1914), The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch and Essays and Miscellanies. ... Read more

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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.

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Translated from the Greek. With Notes and a Life of Plutarch. By Aubrey Stewart. M.A. Late Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge; And the Late George Long M.A. Formerly Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. ... Read more

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But now I would fain know upon what account you can imagine that wine is cold. Then, said I, do you believe this to be my opinion? Yes, said he, whose else? And I replied: I remember a good while ago I met with a discourse of Aristotle's upon this very question. And Epicurus, in his Banquet, hath a long discourse, the sum of which is that wine of itself is not hot, but that it contains some atoms that cause heat, and others that cause cold.Download Description
But now I would fain know upon what account you can imagine that wine is cold. Then, said I, do you believe this to be my opinion? Yes, said he, whose else? And I replied: I remember a good while ago I met with a discourse of Aristotle's upon this very question. And Epicurus, in his Banquet, hath a long discourse, the sum of which is that wine of itself is not hot, but that it contains some atoms that cause heat, and others that cause cold. ... Read more

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Plutarch (circa C.E.45C.E.130) traveled in Greece and Egypt, served as a diplomat in Rome, and wrote this collection of biographical portraits of 46 Greeks and Romans. This audio edition contains accounts of the lives of four of these legendary figures: Mark Antony, Cicero, Theseus, and Romulus. ... Read more