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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, 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) — biography from Plutarch's Lives… (more)
Plutarch's Lives 2,326 copies, 29 reviews
The Age of Alexander 792 copies, 3 reviews
Greek Lives 594 copies, 2 reviews
On Sparta (Penguin Classics) 500 copies, 1 review
Moralia 383 copies
Essays 229 copies, 1 review
Lives of the Noble Romans 215 copies, 3 reviews
Selected Lives (Author) 129 copies
Plutarch: Moralia, Volume I 99 copies, 1 review
Plutarch: Moralia, Volume III 90 copies, 2 reviews
Plutarch: Moralia, Volume XII 67 copies, 1 review
In Consolation to His Wife 61 copies, 1 review
Twelve Lives 60 copies, 1 review
Lives 55 copies, 2 reviews
Rome in Crisis 54 copies
Sull'amore 42 copies
Isis and Osiris 35 copies, 1 review
Vidas paralelas I 28 copies, 1 review
De superstitione (English) (Author) 27 copies
De curiositate (Greek) (Author) 25 copies
De exilio (Greek) (Author) 23 copies
Vita di Cesare 21 copies
Comment écouter 18 copies, 2 reviews
Vidas paralelas. Tomo II 16 copies, 2 reviews
Plutarch 16 copies, 1 review
De fraterno amore (English) (Author) 14 copies
De garrulitate (English) (Author) 14 copies
Vidas paralelas III 13 copies, 1 review
De primo frigido (Greek) (Author) 13 copies
De virtute morali (English) (Author) 13 copies
De E apud Delphos (English) (Author) 13 copies
Instituta Laconica (Greek) (Author) 13 copies
Theseus (English) (Author) 13 copies, 1 review
De fato (English) (Author) 13 copies
Mulierum virtutes (Greek) (Author) 13 copies
De genio Socratis (English) (Author) 13 copies
Pericles 13 copies
De cohibenda ira (Greek) (Author) 13 copies
De cohibenda ira (English) (Author) 13 copies
De esu carnium II (English) (Author) 13 copies
De esu carnium I (English) (Author) 13 copies
De virtute et vitio (Greek) (Author) 12 copies
De amore prolis (Greek) (Author) 12 copies
De vitioso pudore (Greek) (Author) 12 copies
De virtute morali (Greek) (Author) 12 copies
Parallela minora (Greek) (Author) 12 copies
De amore prolis (English) (Author) 12 copies
Mulierum virtutes (English) (Author) 12 copies
Parallela minora (English) (Author) 12 copies
De fortuna (English) (Author) 12 copies
Amatorius (English) (Author) 11 copies
Conjugalia Praecepta (Greek) (Author) 11 copies
De vitioso pudore (English) (Author) 11 copies
De fato (Greek) (Author) 11 copies
De fortuna (Greek) (Author) 11 copies
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Vidas Paralelas IV 11 copies, 1 review
De esu carnium II (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
Escrits d'ètica pràctica 10 copies, 3 reviews
De esu carnium I (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
Adversus Colotem (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
Alcibiades 10 copies, 3 reviews
Vides paral·leles, T IX 10 copies, 1 review
De primo frigido (English) (Author) 10 copies
Consolatio ad uxorem (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
De fraterno amore (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
Adversus Colotem (English) (Author) 10 copies
De fortuna Romanorum (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
De liberis educandis (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
De Pythiae oraculis (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
De genio Socratis (Greek) (Author) 10 copies
Vidas Paralelas VI 9 copies, 2 reviews
Vidas Paralelas V 9 copies, 1 review
Vidas paralelas II 9 copies, 2 reviews
De Homero [Ancient Greek] (Author) 9 copies
Sertorio 8 copies, 1 review
Theseus (Greek) (Author) 8 copies
Kärlek och vänskap 8 copies, 1 review
Vides paral·leles, T VII 7 copies, 2 reviews
Vides paral·leles, T XIII 7 copies, 2 reviews
Vidas Paralelas VII 7 copies, 1 review
Levnadsråd 7 copies, 1 review
P F Comp 7 copies
L' arte di ascoltare 7 copies, 1 review
Erotikos 7 copies
La musica 7 copies
Quaestiones Graecae (Greek) (Author) 7 copies
Quaestiones Romanae (Greek) (Author) 7 copies
Vidas Paralelas VIII 6 copies, 1 review
Vides paral·leles 6 copies, 1 review
Lycurgus 6 copies, 2 reviews
Sulla 5 copies
Om religion. Moralia IV 5 copies, 1 review
Cimon 4 copies
Crasus N 4 copies
Dialogues pythiques 4 copies, 1 review
VIDES PARAL.LELES XIV 4 copies, 2 reviews
AGESILUS 4 copies
Sertorio 3 copies
ARTAXERX 3 copies
D Brutus 3 copies
Il fato e la supertizione 3 copies, 1 review
Moralia 3 copies
Nicias 3 copies
Pompey 3 copies
vies 3 copies
Los misterios de Isis y Osiris 3 copies, 2 reviews
Demetrus 3 copies
Romul 3 copies
Lives 2 3 copies
Hayatlar 2 copies
Βίοι… 2 copies
Sulla fortuna 2 copies
Vite 2 copies
Moralia : consigli politici 2 copies, 1 review
Arte de la biografía (Contributor) 2 copies
Libro 2 copies
SULLA FORTUNA 2 copies
Como ouvir 2 copies
La loquacità 2 copies
Bordssamtal 2 copies
L'intelligenza degli animali 2 copies, 1 review
Ηθικά 1 copy
Lycurgus 1 copy
dialogues 1 copy
Plutarch 1 copy
Œuvres 1 copy
Peri sarkofagias 1 copy, 1 review
Lives IX 1 copy
Lives XI 1 copy
Lives VII 1 copy
Lives VI 1 copy
Lives II 1 copy
Lives III 1 copy
Lives IV 1 copy
Lives V 1 copy
Lives I 1 copy
Los Tratados 1 copy, 1 review
Selectd Lives 1 copy, 1 review
Flaminin 1 copy

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