Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 46 - 120) wrote many works of which 48 biographies and 75 other works (MORALIA) survive. His LIVES are essentially character studies. He did not write them during any one year, but he wrote them over the course of many years.
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Parallel lives, and a bunch of other boring books q:
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In my view the exploration of virtue in Plutachs parallel lives and the moralistic tone of the narrative seems to suggest that Plutarch belived that the attainment of virtue was the purpose of life.
Plutarch was a biographer who wrote many comparisons of Greek and Roman public figures. Examples are Theseus and Romulus; Lycurgus and Numa; Solon and Publicola; Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Plutarchs lives have been published in both English and the original Ancient Greek.
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