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.
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