Lives
by Plutarch
3.5
Open LibraryAbout this book
Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
Themes & subjects
BiographyClassical biographyEarly works to 1800Philosophy, ancientEthics, ancientEthics
First published 2002Characters & people
Setting
RomeGreeceRome (Empire)
About the author
Plutarch
c. 46 – c. 120
Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.
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