Parallel Lives. Alcibiades - Coriolanus.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 3719 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 212 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2002 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251799476 |
Classic bilingual collection. In the gallery of portraits brought together in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, Alcibiades and Coriolanus occupy a somewhat special place. Far from being models of virtue, these two statesmen of the 5th century BC both appear as ambitious men who did not hesitate to betray their country and put themselves at the service of the enemy. Yet, Plutarch does not overly condemn them: Alcibiades was the beloved disciple of Socrates and Coriolanus was not entirely heartless. These two characters with their astonishing lives provide him with the opportunity to introduce into his story those picturesque anecdotes that he considered essential to the biographical genre: small facts, witticisms are, in his eyes, often more revealing of the character of his heroes than their actions, however glorious they may be.
Classic bilingual collection. In the gallery of portraits brought together in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, Alcibiades and Coriolanus occupy a somewhat special place. Far from being models of virtue, these two statesmen of the 5th century BC both appear as ambitious men who did not hesitate to betray their country and put themselves at the service of the enemy. Yet, Plutarch does not overly condemn them: Alcibiades was the beloved disciple of Socrates and Coriolanus was not entirely heartless. These two characters with their astonishing lives provide him with the opportunity to introduce into his story those picturesque anecdotes that he considered essential to the biographical genre: small facts, witticisms are, in his eyes, often more revealing of the character of his heroes than their actions, however glorious they may be.