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Lives, Volume X Vol. X : Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus by Plutarch (1921, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674991133

ISBN-139780674991132

eBay Product ID (ePID)139718

Product Key Features

Original LanguageGreek, Classical

Book TitleLives, Volume X Vol. X : Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Historical

Publication Year1921

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorPlutarch

Book SeriesLoeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length6.4 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Series Volume Number102

Volume NumberVolume X

Table Of ContentPrefatory Note Order Of The Parallel Lives In This Edition Traditional Order Of The Parallel Lives Agis And Cleomenes Tiberius And Gaius Gracchus Comparison Of Agis And Cleomenes And The Gracchi Philopoemen Titus Flamininus Comparison Of Philopoemen And Titus Dictionary Of Proper Names

SynopsisComparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans. Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, 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 forty-six 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 sixty 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 (ca. AD 45-120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military leaders., 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.