Plutarch. Collected works in 2 volumes

Plutarch from Heronei (b. to 50 - um. after 120 ad) - ancient Greek writer and philosopher, and public figure. Best known as the author of the work "Comparative biographies", which recreated the images of prominent political figures of Greece and Rome. Occurred from a wealthy family that lived in a small town in Boeotia. In Athens he studied mathematics, rhetoric and philosophy. During his stay in Rome, Plutarch created a biography of the Roman emperors, designed for the Greeks. And only in the late period he wrote his most important work. "Comparative biographies". It was the biographies of prominent historical figures of Greece and Rome associated in pairs. Some of these couples successfully compiled, for example, the mythical founders of Athens and Rome Theseus and Romulus, the first legislators - Lycurgus and NUMA Pompilius, the greatest leaders - Alexander and Caesar. Other mapped more arbitrary: "children of happiness" - Timoleon and Aemilius Paul, or a couple, illustrating the vicissitudes of human lives - Alcibiades and Coriolanus. After the biographies of Plutarch gave a General characterization, the comparison of the two images. Only a few pairs of this mapping, in particular, Alexander and Caesar. Only 23 pairs were presented in chronological order. There are 22 pairs (the lost Epaminonda and biographies of Scipio) and four single biographies of an earlier period: Arata Shekinskogo, Artaxerxes II, Galba and Otho. Throughout his life, Plutarch dedicated to public and political activities, struggling, he tried to show the cultural role of Greece. To the end of antiquity and in Byzantium, Plutarch enjoyed a great fame greatest educator and philosopher.

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