Plutarch was a philosopher and a writer who lived and worked in ancient Greece. He was born in Chaeronea ca. AD 46 and died in Delphi ca. AD 120. His Latin or Roman name was Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus. For several years, he was a priest at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.
He is the author of many books. Some are lost, but several have been preserved until our time. His most famous work is known as the Parallel Lives. In this work, Plutarch compares a famous Greek person with a famous Roman person.
** We have 23 pairs
** We have 46 lives
In addition, four individual lives have been preserved until our time.
Who are the persons whose lives are covered by Plutarch?
The 23 pairs
# 01. Theseus & Romulus
# 02. Lycurgus & Numa
# 03. Solon & Publicola
# 04. Themistocles & Camillus
# 05. Pericles & Fabius Maximus
# 06. Alcibiades & Coriolanus
# 07. Timoleon & Aemilius Paulus
# 08. Pelopidas & Marcellus
# 09. Aristides & Cato Major
# 10. Philopoemen & Flaminius
# 11. Pyrrhus & Gajus Marius
# 12. Lysander & Sulla
# 13. Cimon & Lucullus
# 14. Nicias & Crassus
# 15. Eumenes & Sertorius
# 16. Agesilaus & Pompeius Magnus
# 17. Alexander the Great & Gajus Julius Caesar
# 18. Phocion & Cato Minor
# 19 and 20. Agis and Cleomenes & Gajus and Tiberius Gracchus
# 21. Demosthenes & Marcus Tullius Cicero
# 22. Demetrius & Marcus Antonius
# 23. Dion & Brutus
The four individual lives
** Artaxerxes
** Aratus
** Galba
** Otho
PS. The Parallel Lives were written in Greek.
Several English translations are available.
REFERENCES
# 1. The following item is available online
Grammaticus
What’s the best translation of Plutarch’s Lives?
23 September 2020
# 2. Books
Plutarch and Rome
By C. P. Jones
(1971)
Plutarch and History:
Eighteen Studies
By Christopher Pelling
(2002 = hardcover)
(2011 = paperback)
A Companion to Plutarch
Edited by Mark Beck
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
(2014)
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The famous Greek writer
Plutarch
(born ca. AD 46)
(died ca. AD 120)
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