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Lives, Volume IX

Name: Lives, Volume IX
Author: Plutarch

Plutarch

01 July 1989

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Book Synopsis

Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, 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 forty-six 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 sixty 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.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780674991125
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Harvard University Press, (01 July 1989)
Number of Pages: 640
Weight: 400 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 161.92 x 107.95 x 31.75 mm
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Categories:: Literary essays