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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1909Original Publisher: P. F. Collier ... Read more

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Publisher: London, New York, Bombay : Longmans, Green, and co.Publication date: 1902Subjects: PlutarchNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Indispensible biographies of major figures in Roman history.

A mathematician and philosopher, Plutarch was also an acclaimed biographer and historian. Bringing together nine biographies from his Parallel Lives series, Rome in Crisis examines the lives of some of the most important people in the roman empire- Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato, Brutus, Antony, Galba, and Otho, a reckless young noble who consorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero before briefly becoming emperor himself. Each biography is preceded by an insightful introduction by the distinguished historian Christopher Pelling. Taken together, these portraits provide a wonderfully compelling picture of the ancient world. ... Read more

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Plutarch's "Lives" and "Morals" are among the formative books of western civilisation, Written around AD 100, in Greece under Roman rule, they reflect conditions of that time: not only the political limitations, but - more importantly - the rich inheritance of post-classical as well as classical Greek thinking. Russell sets out to explain what it is like to read Plutarch and what one needs to bear in mind in order to read him with understanding and appreciation. Plutarch is seen in his historical context, his language and style, as a scholar of the past, as philosopher and moralist. The "Lives" are then discussed with specific examples in more detail - Alcibiades and some of the main generals of the late Roman republic; in the final chapter Russell examines the reception of Plutarch down to the time of North's translation and Shakespeare's reliance on it. Each chapter is generously laced with quotation (in translation), so that the student and general reader get a feeling for Plutarch's work. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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An introduction to Plutarch's life and work for both general readers and students. Robert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in which Plutarch worked and discusses his family relationships, background, education and political career, then analyzes his writings. ... Read more

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Solid, careful and insightful.
I am not the best judge of the secondary literature on Plutarch. I have late in life come to a reading of Plutarch's Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans and of the messy collection of dialogues and essays that have come to be known as the Moralia.
I have started to delve in the secondary literature because of some basic hermeneutic issues that even a casual reading of the Parallel Lives brings up. I wanted a basic understanding of Plutarch in terms of his life, his times and his intentions.
Lamberton does a good job of providing his readers with those basic understandings and with addressing some of the hermeneutic issues. Plutarch lived in the 1rst century AD. The Roman Empire completely dominated the Mediterrean world. Curiously enough, this was also a period when Greek culture was very influential with wealthy and educated Romans. Part of the reason that Plutarch wrote the Parallel Lives is to assert the claims to military and political greatness (as opposed to just cultural greatness) on the part of the Greeks.
The book also serves to provide the young educated Greek men with paragons of the various virtues. In many ways, the Parallel Lives are case studies of those paragons being tested by each other, by circumstances and by other aspects of their own selves. Often they are tested by all three. Lamberton provides nice discussions of the lives of Anthony, Sulla, Pompey and Alexander among others.
Lamberton also makes the plausible suggestion that Plutarch also wrote the Parallel Lives to provide students of rhetoric with case materials for rhetorical studies:

"as a huge, hybrid textbook to complement rhetorical training, where the stuent can simulataneously absorb principles about the structure of argument and a wide range of sayings and anecdotes. [This served as] a propaedeutic to philosophy, a first crucial stage in the molding and shaping of the person." (pp.144-5 of Lamberton, quoted out of order by me).

Lamberton also provides us briefs studies of several of the Moralia pieces, e.g., The Face in the Moon and Socrates' Sign. It is in these studies that we get to see Plutarch as both Platonist and as Delphic priest. I found Lamberton to be very insightful in these studies. He is suggesting that they too as best read as a propaedeutic to philosophy, i.e., as an intro to philosophy that does not provide definitive answers but which presents the questions and the issues in such an seductive way that the student begins to explore the problems on their own and to apply their lessons to their lives. Plutarch's approach also allows us to see that there is more than one way to knowledge. We can learn from a philosophic argument, from the constrasting points of view presented in a dialogue or from the telling of a myth.
I think Lamberton goes a long way toward explaining the diffused non-judgemental sprawl that is the Parallel Lives and the Moralia. The only thing Lamberton misses is this: I get the feeling that Plutarch loves the mess that is humanity. He is amazed at the excesses of his heroes, awed by their achievements, proud of the way that some of them honored their cities and their fellow citizens and moved by their falls from grace. Plutarch really liked to read and write about all that. He is not just an educator and a philosopher. He loves the telling of a good tale. This is the only aspect of Plutarch that Lamberton does not remark on. Maybe he thought it was too obvious.
I will be reading other secondary sources as I continue my reading of the Lives and the Moralia. I will be reviewing any others that I think are good guides as well. But for now, I can recommend Lamberton as an exemplary introduction to one of the great writers in the Western tradition.

A Book On One Of The Best Biographers Of Antiquity
Robert Lamberton writes an excellent literary and historical criticism on one of the best biographers of antiquity, Plutarch.Plutarch in his "Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans" written around 100C.E., sheds new light on Greek and Roman history from their Bronze Age beginnings, shrouded in myth, down through Alexander and late Republican Rome.Plutarch's "Lives", served as the sourcebook for Shakespeare's Roman Plays.Plutarch is the lens that we use today to view the Greco-Roman past; his work has shaped our perceptions of that world for 2,000 years.Plutarch writes of the rise of Roman Empire while Gibbon uses his scholarship to advance the story to write about its decline.Plutarch's vast collection of neglected essays known as the "Moralia" is written in similar fashion to Plato's "Dialogues" and it gives us the best picture of Plutarch's beliefs and observations of the world around him.Plutarch is a complex character with an extraordinary broad experience.He was a proud Greek that was equally effected by Roman culture, a Delphic priest, a leading Platonist, a moralist, educator and philosopher with a deep commitment as a first rate writer.Being a Roman citizen, Plutarch was afforded the opportunity to become an intimate friend to prominent Roman citizens and a member of the literary elite in the court of Emperor Trajan.Robert Lamberton does an excellent job of elucidating Plutarch's contribution and attitude to history.He also concludes this book by pointing out Plutarch's influence and reputation through the ages.

I recommend this book and R. H. Barrow's book, "Plutarch and His Times" to anyone who is interested in political philosophy, and history.
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The commentary in this edition of one of Plutarchs Lives concentrates on the historical aspects of the work and includes much detailed comparison of Plutarch's narrative with those of other sources such as Herodotos, Thucydides, Diodorus and Cornelius Nepos. Greek text with facing translation. ... Read more

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Dublin : printed for J. Williams, 1769. 6v.,plates : ports. ; 8° ... Read more

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Whilst students of Greek history enjoy Plutarch’s biographies of Athenian statesmen, they often feel overwhelmed by the detail and are puzzled by questions of reliability, sources and purpose. Plutarch and Athens responds to the needs of both teachers and students by giving a clear up-to-date presentation of Plutarch’s portraits in the Athenian context. ... Read more