"Plutarch's Lives have been popular reading from antiquity to the present day, combining engaging biographical detail with a strong underlying moral purpose. The Lives of Demosthenes and Cicero are an unusual pair in that they are about unmilitary men who, while superb technical…
Plutarch (c. 45-120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco…
Plutarch's Moralia in fifteen volumes
by Plutarque, Pearson, Lionel Ignacius Cusack, O'Neil, Edward N., Cherniss, Harold F., (Harold Fredrik), Sandbach, F. H., Babbitt, Frank Cole, Clement, Paul A., De Lacy, Phillip, Einarson, Benedict, Fowler, Harold North, Helmbold, William Clark, Hoffleit, Herbert B., Minar, Edwin Leroy
La virtù delle donne (Mulierum virtutes)
"In the Mulierum virtutes, Plutarch aims to demonstrate the unity and identity of male and female virtue, by providing examples of 'virtuous' women and groups of women from the past. This volume is a critical edition of Plutarch's Mulierum Virtutes, accompanied by an Italian tra…