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.
Plutarch, Lives, in 11 vol. / Loeb Classical Library
Loeb Classical Library, Plutarch, Lives. In eleven volumes. Translated by Bernadotte Perrin.
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- Condition / Etat: very good, dust jacket with minor shelf wear, 2 vols. with few underlinings with highlighter, vol. 6 no dust jacket / très bon état, minimes traces d'usures, 2 vols. avec quelques surlignements en jaune, vol. 6 sans jaquette.
- Volumes : 11 volumes.
- Binding / Reliure : original green titled cloth with fine dust jacket, cartonné avec jaquette.
- Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
- Pages : about 7000 pp.
- Editor : Cambridge, Harvard University Press / London, Heinemann.
- Date : 1970 - 1993.
- Language / Langue: Ancient Grec and English on opposite pages / Bilingue grec et anglais.
The Loeb Classical Library® is the only existing series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church fathers who made particular use of pagan culture—in short, our entire classical heritage is represented here in convenient and well-printed pocket volumes in which an up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translation face each other page by page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies.
| Condition | Used - Very Good |
|---|---|
| Language | United Kingdom |
| Illustrated | No |
| Publicaton Date | 1 Jan 1993 |
| Year | 1993 |
| Author / Cartographer / Photographer | Plutarch |
| Editor | Harvard University Press |
| First edition | No |
| Signed edition | No |
| Signed binding | No |
| Armorial binding | No |
| Binding / Format | Hardcover |
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