Engaging introduction by leading scholars to the many aspects of Plutarch's numerous and varied works and their subsequent reception.

A Companion to Plutarch offers a broad survey of the famous historian and biographer; a coherent, comprehensive, and elegant presentation of Plutarch’s though

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

Plutarch's Lives were once treasured. Today they are studied by classicists, known vaguely, if at all, by the educated public, and are virtually unknown to stud

The Greek biographer and philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45-125 AD) makes a fascinating case-study for reception studies not least because of his uniquely