Plutarch
Author of Plutarch's Lives
About the Author
PLUTARCH. c.46--c.125 Considered by many to be the most important Greek writer of the early Roman period, Plutarch was a member of a well-to-do Greek family, a chief magistrate, a priest at Delphi, and an exceptionally well-read individual. His philosophical views were based on those of Plato and, show more although a Greek, he esteemed the achievements and attributes of the Romans. By the time Plutarch's works were published for the first time in the eleventh century, some had already been lost. He wrote innumerable essays on philosophical, historical, political, religious, and literary subjects, 78 of which survive today and are known collectively as the "Moralia." He is known primarily, however, for his Parallel Lives of Greeks and Romans, which consists of 50 biographies---23 of prominent Greeks, 23 of Roman leaders, and 4 separate lives---accompanied at intervals by short comparative essays. Although historical information is included in the work, Plutarch wrote it originally to inspire emulation in youth, so the emphasis is on character, moral choice, and anecdote. Sir Thomas North's 1579 translation into English of Parallel Lives became an important source for William Shakespeare which he used for three plays, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Plutarch at Chaeronia, Greece
Series
Works by Plutarch
Plutarch's Lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, Caesar and Antony (1984) 685 copies, 2 reviews
Plutarch’s Lives 273 copies
Plutarch: Moralia, Volume V, Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse. The Obsolescence of Oracles. (Loeb Classical Library No. 306) (1936) 144 copies, 3 reviews
Lives, Volume 1 of 11: Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola [Loeb] (1914) 122 copies
Plutarch: Moralia, Volume IV, Roman Questions. Greek Questions. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories. On the Fortune of the Romans. On the Fortune or the ... in Wisdom? (Loeb… (1936) 109 copies, 1 review
Lives, Volume II: Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus [Loeb] (1914) 92 copies
Lives, Volume X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus [Loeb] (1921) 76 copies, 1 review
Shakespeare's Plutarch: The Lives Julius Caesar, Brutus, Marcus Antonius, and Coriolanus in the Translation of Sir Thomas North (1991) 56 copies, 1 review
De invidia et odio (English) 44 copies
Plutarch's Lives, The Complete 48 Biographies (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (2020) 40 copies
De sollertia animalium (English) 32 copies
Comparationis Aristophanis et Menandri compendium (English) — Author — 27 copies
Vidas paralelas. Alejandro-César, Pericles-Fabio Máximo, Alcibíades-Coriolano (Letras Universales) (Spanish Edition) (1999) 24 copies
Vitae decem oratorum (English) — Author — 21 copies
Plutarch's Lives: Lycurgus & Numa with a comparison, Alexander & Caesar (A Great Books Foundation edition) (1948) 17 copies
De fortuna Romanorum (English) — Author — 16 copies
De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute (English) — Author — 16 copies
De garrulitate (English) — Author — 16 copies
De fraterno amore (English) — Author — 16 copies
Instituta Laconica (Greek) — Author — 15 copies
Consolatio ad Apollonium (English) — Author — 15 copies
Œuvres morales. Tome VIII : Traités 42-45: Du destin - Le Démon de Socrate - De l'exil - Consolation à sa femme (1972) 15 copies
De defectu oraculorum (English) — Author — 15 copies
Lacaenarum Apophthegmata (Greek) — Author — 15 copies
De amicorum multitudine (English) — Author — 15 copies
De E apud Delphos (English) — Author — 15 copies
De recta ratione audiendi (English) — Author — 15 copies
De primo frigido (Greek) — Author — 15 copies
De Pythiae oraculis (English) — Author — 15 copies
De esu carnium II (English) — Author — 15 copies
De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet (English) — Author — 15 copies
Plutarch's Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation to His Wife: English Translations, Commentary, Interpretive Essays, and Bibliography (1999) 15 copies
De esu carnium I (English) — Author — 15 copies
De fortuna (English) — Author — 14 copies
De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos (English) — Author — 14 copies
Mulierum virtutes (English) — Author — 14 copies
Apophthegmata Laconica (English) — Author — 14 copies
Conjugalia Praecepta (English) — Author — 14 copies
De tuenda sanitate praecepta (English) — Author — 14 copies
Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum (English) — Author — 14 copies
De capienda ex inimicis utilitate (English) — Author — 14 copies
Apophthegmata Laconica (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
Mulierum virtutes (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
Parallela minora (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
De virtute morali (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
De cohibenda ira (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
De tranquilitate animi (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
De amore prolis (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum (Greek) — Author — 14 copies
De virtute et vitio (English) — Author — 14 copies
Bruta animalia ratione uti (English) — Author — 14 copies
De tranquilitate animi (English) — Author — 14 copies
Amatoriae narrationes (English) — Author — 14 copies
Consolatio ad uxorem (English) — Author — 14 copies
De genio Socratis (English) — Author — 14 copies
De fato (English) — Author — 14 copies
De cupiditate divitiarum (English) — Author — 14 copies
De unius in republica dominatione (English) — Author — 14 copies
De amore prolis (English) — Author — 14 copies
De vitando aere alieno (English) — Author — 14 copies
Compendium Argumenti Stoicos absurdiora poetis dicere (English) — Author — 14 copies
De virtute morali (English) — Author — 14 copies
De cohibenda ira (English) — Author — 14 copies
De unius in republica dominatione (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De capienda ex inimicis utilitate (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De animae procreatione in Timaeo (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
Bruta animalia ratione uti (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De vitioso pudore (English) — Author — 13 copies
De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando (English) — Author — 13 copies
De sera numinis vindicta (English) — Author — 13 copies
De vitando aere alieno (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De vitioso pudore (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De animae procreatione in Timaeo (English) — Author — 13 copies
Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
Amatoriae narrationes (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
Amatorius (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De Stoicorum repugnantiis (English) — Author — 13 copies
Amatorius (English) — Author — 13 copies
De sera numinis vindicta (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
De Stoicorum repugnantiis (Greek) — Author — 13 copies
Quaestiones Romanae (English) — Author — 13 copies
Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum (English) — Author — 13 copies
Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata (English) — Author — 13 copies
Quaestiones Graecae (English) — Author — 13 copies
Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores (English) — Author — 13 copies
Consolatio ad uxorem (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De Herodoti malignitate (English) — Author — 12 copies
Praecepta gerendae reipublicae (English) — Author — 12 copies
De genio Socratis (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Septem sapientium convivium (English) — Author — 12 copies
De fato (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Comparison of Theseus and Romulus (English) — Author — 12 copies
De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Compendium Argumenti Stoicos absurdiora poetis dicere (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Ad principem ineruditum (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De primo frigido (English) — Author — 12 copies
Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus (English) — Author — 12 copies
De Herodoti malignitate (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur (English) — Author — 12 copies
Adversus Colotem (English) — Author — 12 copies
Comparison of Theseus and Romulus (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De esu carnium II (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Adversus Colotem (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De esu carnium I (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat (English) — Author — 12 copies
De cupiditate divitiarum (Greek) — Editor — 12 copies
De gloria Atheniensium (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De garrulitate (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De fortuna Romanorum (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De Recta Ratione Audiendi (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De E apud Delphos (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De Pythiae oraculis (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De defectu oraculorum (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De liberis educandis (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
De fraterno amore (Greek) — Author — 12 copies
An seni respublica gerenda sit (English) — Author — 11 copies
De fortuna (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
Quaestiones Convivales (English) — Author — 11 copies
De virtute et vitio (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
De tuenda sanitate praecepta (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
Conjugalia Praecepta (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
Quaestiones Naturales (English) — Author — 11 copies
Caius Marcius Coriolanus (English) 11 copies
De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
An virtus doceri possit (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia (Greek) — Author — 11 copies
Plutarch: How to Study Poetry (De audiendis poetis) (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (2011) 11 copies
Große Griechen und Römer (Cabra-Leder mit goldener Schmuckprägung): Ausgewählte Lebensbilder (2009) 10 copies
Vides paral·leles, vol. IX: Alexandre i Cèsar (Bernat Metge) (Catalan and Ancient Greek Edition) (1942) 10 copies, 1 review
An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum (English) — Author — 10 copies
Platonicae quaestiones (English) — Author — 10 copies
Theseus (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
Consolatio ad Apollonium (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
Platonicae quaestiones (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
Praecepta gerendae reipublicae (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
De amicorum multitudine (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
An seni respublica gerenda sit (Greek) — Author — 10 copies
Quaestiones Romanae (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. I Fasc. 2 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1994) 9 copies
Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Große Griechen und Römer Bd. 2 [Kimon und Lucullus, Perikles und Fabius Maximus, Nikias und Crassus, Coriolan und Alkibiades] (1979) 9 copies
Quaestiones Naturales (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Plutarch's Lives of Ten Noble Greeks and Romans Grolier Edition (The World's Great Classics) (1968) 9 copies
Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Caius Marcius Coriolanus (Greek) 9 copies
Quaestiones Graecae (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
Plutarch: Lives of Pompey, Caesar and Cicero: A Companion to the Penguin Translation (Classical Studies) (1992) 9 copies
Quaestiones Convivales (Greek) — Author — 9 copies
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls (2010) 9 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. VI Fasc. 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2001) 9 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. II Fasc. 2 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1994) 9 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. VI Fasc. 2 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2001) 8 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. III Fasc. 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1996) 8 copies
Fem biografier : [Coriolanus, Cato d.ä., Crassus, Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius] (2010) 8 copies, 1 review
A M Comp 7 copies
How to Listen: An Ancient Guide to Learning from Others (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) (2026) 7 copies
Life of Timoleon 7 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. I Fasc. 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2000) 7 copies
PLUTARCH'S LIVES - Volume 2 7 copies
Vides paral.leles / V (volum 1 part 5ª) (Coriolà i Alcibíades. Demòstenes i Ciceró.) (1928) 7 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. I (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1993) 7 copies
Life of Demosthenes 7 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. V Fasc. 3 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2001) 7 copies
Plutarch's Lives Vol. 3 7 copies
Septem sapientium convivium (Greek) — Author — 7 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. II Fasc. 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1993) 6 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. III (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2001) 6 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. V Fasc. 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (2001) 6 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. V Fasc. 2 Pars 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1971) 6 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. VI Fasc. 3 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1966) 6 copies
Vita Aristidis 6 copies
Lisandro e a supremacia de Esparta 6 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. IV (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1971) 6 copies
Opera Graece 6 copies
Vidas paralelas : Dion, Bruto 6 copies
Vite Parallele.Nicia e Crasso 6 copies
Pythici Dialogi: De E Apud Delphos, De Pythiae Oraculis, De Defectu Oraculorum (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1997) 5 copies
Застольные беседы [Перевод] 5 copies
Vides paral.leles / VIII Volum 2 part 3ª (Filopemen i Titus Flaminí. Pelòpidas i Marcel.) 5 copies, 1 review
The Plutarch Anthology: The Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, Parallel Lives and Moralia (Illustrated) (Texts From Ancient Rome) (2012) 5 copies
Sobre la vida y poesía de Homero / El antro de las ninfas de la odisea / Sobre los dioses y el mundo (1989) 5 copies
Obras morales y de costumbres (Moralia) XI. Tratados platónicos · Tratados antiestoicos (2004) 5 copies
Obras morales y de costumbres (Moralia) XIII. Sobre la música (Pseudo Plutarco) · Fragmentos (2004) 5 copies
Bloemlezing uit de Moralia 4 copies
Plutarch's Life of Publicola: Plenary Annotated Study Guide (The Plenary Plutarch Series) (Volume 1) (2018) 4 copies
Cimon 4 copies
Crassus (Greek) 4 copies
5: Demetrio e Antonio, Pirro e Mario, Arato e Artaserse, Agide-Cleomene e Tiberio-Gaio Gracco (1992) 4 copies
Como tirar proveito de seus inimigos, seguido de Da maneira de distinguir o bajulador do amigo (2003) 4 copies
How to profit by one's enemies (EASY READING. The great classics of philosophy revisited for an easier interpretation.) (Italian Edition) (2013) 4 copies
The Roman questions of Plutarch; a new translation with introductory essays & a running commentary (1976) 4 copies
Lives from Plutarch 4 copies
Οι αρετές της περιαυτολογίας : ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΣ: Πώς να επαινούμε τον εαυτό μας χωρίς να προκαλούμε τον… (2021) 4 copies
Vite parallele Vol 1 4 copies
Sólon, legislador de Atenas 4 copies
La coscienza tranquilla 3 copies
Vies 3 copies
Demetrius (Greek) 3 copies
Żywoty równoległe. T. 1, Tezeusz - Romulus i ich porównanie, Likurg - Numa i ich porównanie (2004) 3 copies
Obras morales y de costumbres (Moralia) VI: 6 (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos) (Spanish Edition) (2016) 3 copies
Hellāda no Perikla līdz Aleksandram 3 copies
Il secolo di Pericle, Vita di Cesare 3 copies
The rise of Rome : twelve lives 3 copies
Vite parallele Coriolano Alcibiade 3 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. III Fasc. 2 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1998) 3 copies
Arte de la biografía — Contributor — 3 copies
Licurgo: reformador de Esparta 3 copies
Great Lives by Great Writers 3 copies
Lykurgos, Spartan lainsäätäjä 3 copies
Oeuvres morales, tome VII, 1ère partie: Traités de morale, livres 27-36 (édition bilingue français/grec) (2003) 3 copies
Fabius Maximus (Greek) 3 copies
Alexandre e César: As Vidas Comparadas Dos Maiores Guerreiros da Antiguidade (Portuguese Edition) (1998) 3 copies
Romulus (Greek) 3 copies
Aratus (Greek) 3 copies
Brutus (Greek) 3 copies
Dion (Greek) 3 copies
Nicias (Greek) 3 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. II (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1971) 3 copies
Plutarch's lives and writings 3 copies
Otho (Greek) 3 copies
De liberis educandis (English) 3 copies
Selected essays of Plutarch 3 copies
Pompey (Greek) 3 copies
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4 of 4 3 copies
PLUTARCH'S LIVES: Vol. IV - The Translation Called Dryden's Corrected from the Greek and Revised in five volumes (2013) 3 copies
Lives of Illustrious Men, volume I 2 copies
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 of 2 2 copies
Vidas paralelas I 2 copies
Vidas paralelas I 2 copies
Vidas paralelas I 2 copies
Lives 2 2 copies
Plutarchi Moralia Vol. V Fasc. 2 Pars 2 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) 2 copies
Plutarch's Lives of Galba and Otho 2 copies
De juiste gemoedsstemming 2 copies
Vidas paralelas 2 copies
Plutarch's lives. Vol.3 2 copies
Plutarch's Lives, Translated From the Original Greek with Notes, Critical and Historical and a Life of Plutarch, in Six Volumes (1823) 2 copies
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2 2 copies
Caius Marius (Greek) 2 copies
Plutarchus, Moralia 2 copies
Plutarch’s Morals. Vol. V 2 copies
Plutarch’s Morals. Vol. IV 2 copies
Plutarchus, Moralia, Vol. V.3 2 copies
Plutarque. Les Vies des hommes illustres : . Traduction de Jacques Amyot. Préface de André Maurois,... Gravures au burin de Decaris (1967) 2 copies
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2 2 copies
Thésée, images et récits : Présentés par Ch. Charles Dugas,... et R. Robert Flacelière (1958) 2 copies
Hayatlar XXI Lysandros-Sulla 2 copies
Livsskildringer med sammenligning 1 2 copies
Sobre los oráculos: Por que cesan los oráculos ; Por que la Pitia no da sus oráculos en verso ; Sobre la misteriosa "E" que hay en Delfos (2007) 2 copies
Plutarco sulla fortuna 2 copies
Eumenes (Greek) 2 copies
Titus Flamininus (Greek) 2 copies
Marcellus (Greek) 2 copies
Vite. vol. I: Teseo e Romolo, Solone e Publicola, Temistocle e Camillo, Aristide e Catone, Cimone e Lucullo (1992) 2 copies
Agis (Greek) 2 copies
Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae Vol. IV Fasc. 1 (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1998) 2 copies
Camillus (Greek) 2 copies
Marcus Cato (Greek) 2 copies
Galba (Greek) 2 copies
Demostene e Cicerone 2 copies
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Dión y Bruto 2 copies
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Como ouvir 2 copies
Virtu delle donne 2 copies
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Publicola (Greek) 2 copies
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Solon 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Plutarch
- Legal name
- Mestrius Plutarchus, Lucius
- Other names
- Πλούταρχος
- Birthdate
- c. 0046 CE
- Date of death
- c. 0120 CE
- Gender
- male
- Education
- The Academy, Athens, Greece (mathematics and philosophy)
- Occupations
- historian
philosopher
priest
biographer
magistrate
ambassador - Organizations
- Oracle of Delphi (Priest of Apollo)
- Short biography
- Studied in Athens under a philosopher named Ammonius
- Nationality
- Boeotia
Roman Empire - Birthplace
- Chaeroneia, Boeotia, Greece
- Places of residence
- Chaeroneia, Boeotia, Greece
Athens, Greece - Place of death
- Delphi, Greece
- Map Location
- Greece
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Reviews
It's been aeons since I read the Roman Lives companion volume to this, and I don't really understand why Plutarch's paired lives (one Greek, one Roman) aren't presented that way by the publisher. Still, I'm glad I finally got around to it. I enjoy Plutarch's anecdotal style, his eschewal of big battle scenes in favour of illustrative vignettes, his preference for human causes over divine ones. I especially like how he goes to the Greek comedians for evidence of how his subjects were really show more perceived by hoi polloi.
My favourite story here is of the Athenians who, destitute or enslaved in Sicily following the disastrous invasion, are able to ingratiate themselves with the locals by reciting the latest hits of Euripides. You get a sense of what a megastar Euripides was and how folks in far-flung islands, even big ones like Sicily, were desperate for access to his work. It's one of those anecdotes that makes the ancient world palpable. show less
My favourite story here is of the Athenians who, destitute or enslaved in Sicily following the disastrous invasion, are able to ingratiate themselves with the locals by reciting the latest hits of Euripides. You get a sense of what a megastar Euripides was and how folks in far-flung islands, even big ones like Sicily, were desperate for access to his work. It's one of those anecdotes that makes the ancient world palpable. show less
I wanted some background on key Roman figures, and reading Plutarch felt like going 'straight to the source'. This is effectively an abridgement of an abridgement from the full "Lives": only ten lives are featured, all of them Romans (there is a companion volume for Greeks). The introduction warns that even more cutting has occurred within the entries themselves (abridgement to the third degree!) Early selected entries from the Kingdom period are mythological but still informative, since show more these were the myths that Romans shared. I was interested in reading selections from across the Republic's span, but half of these entries are gathered at its end.
Romulus (circa 700 BC) - strong mythological tones here. Plutarch offers some alternative stories behind the roots of Rome's origin, but not one of them sounds plausibly realistic. The kidnapping and rape of the Sabine women is heinous even in Plutarch's dull telling, and their intervention in the heat of later battle has romantic overtones but a dark heart.
Numa Pompilius (753-673 BC) - in a nation irrevocably split by party lines, one party elects the next ruler for all of them from among the population of the other; that's pretty smart. They chose Numa of the Sabines to be Romulus' successor, a peace-loving, wise and noble man except for the bit where he buried vestal virgins alive if they betrayed their vows. Some good information from Plutarch here about the origin of the months' names as we know them today.
Fabius (275-203 BC) - the Roman who defeated Hannibal, which makes for an interesting biography as the clash between these two intelligent foes is described. A master of patience and of playing the long game, but perhaps not open-minded enough to allow that others could be right to take initiative when opportunity offered.
Marcellus (268-208 BC) - another Roman who fought Hannibal, as well as the imaginative defences at Syracuse as conceived by Archimedes. Admired Fabius. Seems like he was a bit of a hothead in comparison, but measured in his hotheadedness. Too bad about his fatal error.
Marcus Cato (234-149 BC) - Cato the Elder proved at Thermopolaye that he had studied his history, but he is more renowned and praised for his frugality and austerity. He rose to consul after the tail end of Hannibal's days, and then to censor, where he could bring the full power of those traits to bear. The nobility didn't like him much.
Crassus (115-53 BC) - Crassus was largely responsible for putting down Spartacus' slave rebellion. He conspired with Pompey and Caesar to extend his rule as consul, avarice blinding him to realizing he was getting played. That led to his ill-fated expedition against the Parthian Empire, a classic case of hubris.
Caesar (100-44 BC) - Caesar's political maneuvers are both complex and subtle, a bit hard to follow but largely built on his largesse among the general population. He was equally skilled if not more so at the head of an army, conquering Gaul and Britannia and then challenging Pompey. A map would have been handy to follow along with as he jumped among provinces, especially in the civil war portion. He was brilliant in a lot of respects, but he didn't know to quit while he was ahead.
Pompey (106-48 BC) - Pompey served under Sylla, was consul alongside Crassus, then he became Caesar's chief rival for control of Rome. This edition includes a note to say that it omits a large section here, jumping ahead from Pompey's last triumph to his defeat by Caesar. I'm to assume there's no benefit in reading about the missing events from Pompey's point of view?
Cicero (106-43 BC) - mediocre soldier, but a renowned orator in the courts and Senate. Plutarch is able to give instances when his rhetoric saved the day (including halting a conspiracy to destroy the Senate in Pompey's absence), but cannot always provide what he actually said; I guess Shakespeare never filled this in for us? I related to him most of the bunch and found his ending sad.
Antony (83-30 BC) - always comes across to me as a sidekick who tried to be a hero, instead of the real thing. A very flawed character who you can't even say tried his best, he was the last hope to prevent Augustus from putting a final end to the Republic. Cleopatra gets too much of the blame. show less
Romulus (circa 700 BC) - strong mythological tones here. Plutarch offers some alternative stories behind the roots of Rome's origin, but not one of them sounds plausibly realistic. The kidnapping and rape of the Sabine women is heinous even in Plutarch's dull telling, and their intervention in the heat of later battle has romantic overtones but a dark heart.
Numa Pompilius (753-673 BC) - in a nation irrevocably split by party lines, one party elects the next ruler for all of them from among the population of the other; that's pretty smart. They chose Numa of the Sabines to be Romulus' successor, a peace-loving, wise and noble man except for the bit where he buried vestal virgins alive if they betrayed their vows. Some good information from Plutarch here about the origin of the months' names as we know them today.
Fabius (275-203 BC) - the Roman who defeated Hannibal, which makes for an interesting biography as the clash between these two intelligent foes is described. A master of patience and of playing the long game, but perhaps not open-minded enough to allow that others could be right to take initiative when opportunity offered.
Marcellus (268-208 BC) - another Roman who fought Hannibal, as well as the imaginative defences at Syracuse as conceived by Archimedes. Admired Fabius. Seems like he was a bit of a hothead in comparison, but measured in his hotheadedness. Too bad about his fatal error.
Marcus Cato (234-149 BC) - Cato the Elder proved at Thermopolaye that he had studied his history, but he is more renowned and praised for his frugality and austerity. He rose to consul after the tail end of Hannibal's days, and then to censor, where he could bring the full power of those traits to bear. The nobility didn't like him much.
Crassus (115-53 BC) - Crassus was largely responsible for putting down Spartacus' slave rebellion. He conspired with Pompey and Caesar to extend his rule as consul, avarice blinding him to realizing he was getting played. That led to his ill-fated expedition against the Parthian Empire, a classic case of hubris.
Caesar (100-44 BC) - Caesar's political maneuvers are both complex and subtle, a bit hard to follow but largely built on his largesse among the general population. He was equally skilled if not more so at the head of an army, conquering Gaul and Britannia and then challenging Pompey. A map would have been handy to follow along with as he jumped among provinces, especially in the civil war portion. He was brilliant in a lot of respects, but he didn't know to quit while he was ahead.
Pompey (106-48 BC) - Pompey served under Sylla, was consul alongside Crassus, then he became Caesar's chief rival for control of Rome. This edition includes a note to say that it omits a large section here, jumping ahead from Pompey's last triumph to his defeat by Caesar. I'm to assume there's no benefit in reading about the missing events from Pompey's point of view?
Cicero (106-43 BC) - mediocre soldier, but a renowned orator in the courts and Senate. Plutarch is able to give instances when his rhetoric saved the day (including halting a conspiracy to destroy the Senate in Pompey's absence), but cannot always provide what he actually said; I guess Shakespeare never filled this in for us? I related to him most of the bunch and found his ending sad.
Antony (83-30 BC) - always comes across to me as a sidekick who tried to be a hero, instead of the real thing. A very flawed character who you can't even say tried his best, he was the last hope to prevent Augustus from putting a final end to the Republic. Cleopatra gets too much of the blame. show less
I don't know why I find biographies of Roman times so fascinating. This collection, culled from Plutarch's biographies, is, like all such biographies, about powerful, violent men who wage war on the world. The most interesting is Mark Antony's story which is also, in the end, Cleopatra's story. You can almost hear Plutarch tsk-tsking at Marc Antony's fatal attraction, but theirs is much more than a tragic love-story. Cleopatra gambled on who could help her attain and keep power in the Roman show more dominated world and lost spectacularly. Her last request to Octavian (Augustus) Caesar was for her children's future. This is a woman who used everything at her disposal for much bigger goals than love. Wish she had kept a diary! show less
We who are readers have all threaded Life’s sinuous paths, wrestled the impossible beast, and returned out the gateway again bearing its gifts of meaning and value. There are many such doors. Every human soul contains its own secret world, and our work as human beings involves finding our way back to ourselves, and beyond ourselves to the love of others. Countless times I have revealed the Lost Gate and guided others as a living Ariadne's Thread; for such is the work of teachers and show more counselors, but also of family and of simple friendship as well. Each of the elements of the original myth are important, charged with vital force and bearing transformative power. The struggle with the chthonic figure of the Minotaur is at the heart of the journey, but equally important is the embrace of the bride upon return, among other things a figure of creative vision empowering the task of making our new insights real through art, music, authorship, or as our abilities permit as a gift to the world.
Theseus fails his exit exam in the Abandonment of Ariadne, failing to conjoin with his feminine creative force and achieve wholeness, but he is not the hero of this story. Theseus the Oath Breaker fails and is punished by his fathers suicide. It is Ariadne and Bacchus who enact the Union of Opposites, ecstasy and wisdom harnessed together to renew the world. As a myth of the power and meaning of Art , of spinning our straw into gold, our pain and joy into beauty, it remains a living path of our journey to becoming human. show less
Theseus fails his exit exam in the Abandonment of Ariadne, failing to conjoin with his feminine creative force and achieve wholeness, but he is not the hero of this story. Theseus the Oath Breaker fails and is punished by his fathers suicide. It is Ariadne and Bacchus who enact the Union of Opposites, ecstasy and wisdom harnessed together to renew the world. As a myth of the power and meaning of Art , of spinning our straw into gold, our pain and joy into beauty, it remains a living path of our journey to becoming human. show less
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