Selected Lives and Essays
By Plutarch
1951
First Published
4.04
Average Rating
610
Number of Pages
"In the eleventh century of our era a bishop of the Byzantine Church made a prayer: 'If, Lord, thou art willing in thy grace to save any Pagans from the wrath of god, I pray thee humbly to save Plato and Plutarch.' Such truly good men, he said, and he gave the Lord to understand that he cared so much for them, he could not bear to have them lost forever. That was some nine hundred years after Plutarch's death, and in the nine hundred years since, the bishop's opinion has never been challenged, only endorsed many times over down the ages.."
Avg Rating
4.04
Number of Ratings
27
5 STARS
41%
4 STARS
30%
3 STARS
22%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads
Author
Plutarch
Author · 71 books
Plutarch (later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus; AD 46–AD 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers.
