Essays on Plutarch's Lives

Plutarch's parallel Greek and Roman Lives have long been famous as a unique example of the genre of biography in the ancient world. Without them, Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra, or Julius Caesar could not have been written. This volume is a unique and important collection of studies on Plutarch's life and work, by an internationally acclaimed set of scholars. Plutarch's sources and influences, his cultural milieu and designs, are among the wide range of topics discussed.