Moralia, Volume XV: Fragments
Plutarch
(Author)
F. H. Sandbach
(Translator)
Description
Eclectic essays on ethics, education, and much else besides.
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 Moralia is in fifteen volumes, volume XIII having two parts. Volume XVI is a comprehensive Index.Product Details
Price
$36.00
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publish Date
January 01, 1969
Pages
448
Dimensions
4.45 X 6.63 X 0.88 inches | 0.63 pounds
Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780674994737
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Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since the mid-1980s and now has nearly 500 titles to his credit. He has won two Audie Awards and several AudioFile Earphones Awards. A PhD and a professional actor, Michael is also a retired professor of theater.
Francis Henry Sandbach (1903-1991) was Professor of Classics and Fellow and Senior Tutor of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge.