Lives /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Πλούταρχος, 46-120 (συγγραφέας.)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Perrin, Bernadotte (μεταφραστής.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English; Ancient Greek
• Έκδοση: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1914-1926.
• Σειρά: Loeb Classical Library 46-47, 65, 80, 87, 98-103.
• Θέματα: Ελλάδα > Βιογραφία > Πρώιμα έργα μέχρι το 1800.; Ρώμη > Βιογραφία > Πρώιμα έργα μέχρι το 1800.; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία

 Plutarch (c. 45-120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military leaders.   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. 

 v. I. Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola -- v. II. Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus -- v. III. Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Nicias and Crassus -- v. IV. Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla -- v. V. Agesilaus and Pompey. Pelopidas and Marcellus -- v. VI. Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus -- v. VII. Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar -- v. VIII. Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the Younger -- v. IX. Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius -- v. X. Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus -- v. XI. Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General index.