by Plutarco · Planeta, Clásicos Universales nº 197, 1991, Barcelona. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432069604
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Parallel Lives is a work by the Greek writer Plutarch, which presents a series of biographies of illustrious figures, structured in pairs to compare their virtues and defects. This book, published by Planeta in its Clásicos Universales collection, offers a deep vision of the life and character of historical figures such as Foción, Catón el Menor, Dión, Bruto, Paulo Emilio, Timoleonte, Sertorio, Eúmenes, Filopemen, Tito Flaminino, Pelópidas, Marcelo, Alejandro and César, Demetrio and Antonio. An essential work to understand history and the human condition.
Plutarch was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus.
