Plutarch


The Fall of the Roman Republic
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
On Sparta
Plutarch's Lives
Lycurgus
Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
Makers of Rome
The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives (Agesilaus, Pelopidas, Dion, Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander, Demetrius, Pyrrhus)
The Plutarch Primer: Publicola (The Plutarch Project)
Paralel Hayatlar: Demosthenes - Cicero
Vite parallele: Alessandro e Cesare
Essays
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
The Life of Alexander the Great
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Plutarch taught me high thoughts; he elevated me above the wretched sphere of my own reflections, to admire and love the heroes of past ages. Many things I read surpassed my understanding and experience. I had a very confused knowledge of kingdoms, wide extents of country, mighty rivers, and boundless seas. This book developed new and mightier scenes of action. I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species. I felt the greatest ardour for virtue rise within me, ...more
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Suzanne Collins
Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them." "That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him. ...more
Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

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