Plutarch defined for all ages the character of Greek and Roman moral identity. He studied what constitutes the best in a human being, and which, in turn, determines a person's role in the world. Blending history and biography, Plutarch evokes the characters of great leaders in history. He systematically pairs a Greek with a Roman, comparing characters and lives with similar careers so as to serve his particular goal of moral instruction. In vivid...

Plutarco (46-119) fue un filósofo y biógrafo griego nacido en la ciudad de Queronea. Estudió matemáticas y filosofía en la Academia de Atenas, la misma que fue estudiada por Platón, y se dedicó a la política, alcanzando altos cargos públicos. "Alejandro y Julio César" es uno de los volúmenes de "Vidas Paralelas" y presenta lado a lado a dos grandes nombres de la época helenística: Alejandro, el Rey de Macedonia, unificador del occidente...

Plutarch's "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans", often simply referred to as "Plutarch's Lives", is a series of biographies of notable ancient Greek and Roman figures most likely written at the beginning of the second century AD. Instead of simply writing histories, Plutarch explores the effect that character, good or bad, had on the lives and careers of these famous men, to which end the people treated are ordered in pairs in an attempt to highlight...

These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch's Roman Lives, they include prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history, such as soldierly Marcellus, eloquent Cato and cautious Fabius. Here too are vivid portraits of ambitious, hot-tempered...

Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of ancient Greece and Rome.