The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives (Penguin Classics, L286) - Softcover

Plutarch; Ian Scott-Kilvert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140442863 ISBN 13: 9780140442861

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1973

Synopsis

Textual and historical notes supplement a segment of Plutarch's Lives which covers the rise of Macedonia. Bibliogs

About this title

About the Author:

Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered conscientious service to his province and city (where he continued to live), as well as holding a priesthood at nearby Delphi. His voluminous surviving writings are broadly divided into the ‘moral’ works and the Parallel Lives of outstanding Greek and Roman leaders. The former (Moralia) are a mixture of rhetorical and antiquarian pieces, together with technical and moral philosophy (sometimes in dialogue form). The Lives have been influential from the Renaissance onwards.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Latin (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140442863
• ISBN 13: 9780140442861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448