Plutarch's Lives Vol. 4: Classical Biographies of Greek and Roman Statesmen, Soldiers, and Leaders

Plutarch's Lives Vol. 4 presents the concluding portion of one of the great works of classical biography, moral history, and ancient political literature. 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 th...