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Ancient Writings on Alexander the Great |
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Plutarch (47 - 121 CE) lived in the first and second centuries CE. He was a very popular writer in the ancient world, and remained so centuries after his death. Plutarch is most famous for his Parallel Lives, comprising a total of 27 books. In each of these books, Plutarch would match up some famous Greek with a famous Roman counterpart. For example, Alexander the Great - v - Julius Caesar. He would write a short biography of each man, and then compare the two at the end, pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. Plutarch also wrote a tremendous number of "essays," which range from politics to religion to philosophy to war, and everywhere in between. These are categorized as Plutarch's Moralia. Plutarch doesn't claim to be the most accurate writer -- for he couldn't possibly get every detail right when writing about so many different subjects -- but he remains the great "sketch master." |
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Plutarch The Age of Alexander Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert |
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This affordable translation of Plutarch by Ian Scott-Kilvert contains his life of Alexander, along with eight other lives of men who lived in and around Alexander's time -- thus the title, The Age of Alexander. It contains a helpful Chronological Table, starting with the year 405 BCE and ending with 272 BCE. The arrangement of the biographies is not what Plutarch had in mind, since he always compared a Greek with a Roman, but perhaps it gives a better understanding of Alexander, since you can read about some of the men around him. |
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Plutarch Lives Demosthenes and Cicero; Alexander and Caesar Translated by Bernadotte Perrin |
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This Loeb Classical Library book contains Plutarch's life of Alexander the Great, followed by his life of Julius Caesar. It is apparent that Plutarch considered these two men to be the greatest commanders of the ancient world, since he set them up one (a Greek) against the other (a Roman). It is up to the reader to decide which one is the best, Plutarch's final comparison ot these two men being lost, but his sketch of Alexander the Great remains the best one to this very day. This book also contains the lives of the two greatest orators of the ancient world, the Greek Demosthenes, and the Roman Cicero. |
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Plutarch Moralia Volume 4 Translated by Frank Cole Babbitt |
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This book contains one of the most influential and controversial essays of the ancient world. It is called, On the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander. In it, Plutarch claims that Alexander was a true philosopher-king, who united men of all races into a great "loving cup." Here is an exerpt: "But, as he [Alexander] believed that he came as a heaven-sent governor to all, and as a mediator for the whole world... He bade them all consider as their fatherland the whole inhabited earth, as their stronghold and protection his camp, as akin to them all good men, and as foreigners only the wicked..." |
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