(Plutarch's Life of Julius Caesar) Alexander the Great may be the best known, and the most romanticized, of Plutarch's biographical subjects. His story has been examined and debated for over two thousand years, by everyone from Oxford scholars to schoolchildren making stop-motion videos.
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Alexander the Great wounded after the battle against Aspasioi in India (Plutarch, Life of Alexander the Great)
For older students: What is Plutarch's aim in writing the Life of Pericles? A hint: Plutarch criticizes certain things that "do not profit those which behold them, because they do not move affection in the hearts of the beholders to follow them, neither do stir up affection to resemble them, and much less to conform ourselves unto them."
Plutarch Texts: Aemilius Agis Alcibiades Alexander, Pt 1 Alexander, Pt 2 Aristides Brutus Julius Caesar Camillus Cato Cicero Coriolanus Crassus Demetrius Demosthenes Dion Fabius Gracchus Nicias Pericles Philopoemen Phocion Pompey, Pt 1 Pompey, Pt 2 Publicola Pyrrhus Solon Themistocles Timoleon Titus Flamininus Plutarch Study Guides:
Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men translated from the Greek by John and William Langhorne, 1856 (this is the version quoted in the Parents' Review article below, which may indicate that it was one used by CM's students.) Plutarch's Lives beneficial in citizenship lessons - Parents Review article from 1901 AmblesideOnline Plutarch Readings:
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