{"product_id":"a-i-i-iºi","title":"Moralia: Vol. V (5) (Plutarch - Loeb 306)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Plutarch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674993372\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Loeb Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45–120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, 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. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the forty-six \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), though 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. Plutarch’s many other varied extant works, about sixty in number, are known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoralia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoral Essays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoralia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is in fifteen volumes, volume XIII having two parts. Volume XVI is a comprehensive Index.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loeb","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43270110085344,"sku":"Books:9780674993372n","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/610CJIsW3wL._SY522.jpg?v=1768674730","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/a-i-i-i%c2%bai","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}