Plutarch's Aims and Achievements as a Biographer

An important study on the goals and achievements of Plutarch as a biographer - to what extent did Plutarch achieve his goal of life of Marius and Caesar? We can establish the purpose of creative biographies of Plutak by observing his background and influence. Plutarch born in Greece is a wealthy family. After receiving a lot of education, studying rhetoric in Athens, he went to Rome, where he kept in touch with important politicians.

Plutarch is the son of Aristotle, an important biographer and philosopher. At the age of 66-67, Plutak studied the philosophy and mathematics of Athens under the guidance of the philosopher Amonius. After studying at Ammonius, Plutarch became a teacher of philosophy in Rome and won the praise of Emperor Trajan and Hadrian. After the death of Trachan, Plutak went extensively to central Greece, Sparta, Corinth, Sardis, Alexandria. He is not the case in most cases, but his main residence is Chaeronea. Petrachus protecting from the north to Boeotia. Plutarch's most famous work is a parallel life including biographies of celebrity soldiers and politicians. Plutarch 's life was translated by Sir Thomas North in 1579. This is a work that was very popular during British Renaissance era.

Plutarch's first biographer was the life of Emperor Roman from Augustus to Vitorius. Of those, only the life of Galba and Otho survived. The life of Tiberius and Nero exists only as a piece provided by Damascius (Tiberius 's lifetime, see lifetime at Isidore) and Plutarch itself (Nero' s lifetime, see Galba 2.1). These early emperor biographies may have been published during the Flavian dynasty or during the reign of Nerva (96-98 AD). We have reasons to believe that the two lives of Garba and Oto's life, which still exist, should be regarded as "a single job." Therefore, they are not part of the classical biographies of ordinary people. And the life of Artaxerxes II (biography of Hesiod, Pindar, Crates and Daiphantus will be lost)