Plutarch's Lives Vol. 4

<p><strong><em>Plutarch's Lives Vol. 4</em> presents the concluding portion of one of the great works of classical biography moral history and ancient political literature.</strong> Plutarch's paired lives of Greek and Roman statesmen soldiers lawgivers and public figures were written not simply to record events but to examine character: ambition courage prudence vanity patriotism cruelty discipline magnanimity and failure. Through biography Plutarch studies the moral forces that shape public life and the private habits that determine public action.</p><p>This SMK edition is suited to readers of classical literature ancient history Greek and Roman biography political thought moral philosophy and the historical sources that shaped Renaissance Enlightenment and nineteenth-century education. <em>Plutarch's Lives</em> influenced generations of writers statesmen historians and readers because it treats history as a theatre of character and consequence. For anyone interested in Greece Rome leadership virtue civic life and the classical tradition Volume 4 continues one of the central monuments of ancient biographical writing.</p>