{"product_id":"lives-volume-x-by-plutarch-9780674991132","title":"Lives, Volume X","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45–120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece. He 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. Plutarch appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the 46 \u003cem\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), although 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlutarch's many other varied extant works, about 60 in number, are known as \u003cem\u003eMoralia\u003c\/em\u003e or Moral Essays. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics, and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of the \u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e is in eleven volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536754753772,"sku":"9780674991132","price":92.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/742e8e4b364cf9fbe4710ec97573e5a4.jpg?v=1776904604","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lives-volume-x-by-plutarch-9780674991132","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}