Plutarch

Plutarch Links

• Plutarch's Lives The complete online HTML text of A. H. Clough's English-language translation, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.
  
• Biography of Plutarch With bibliography, from the Perseus Project.
  
• Plutarch sources in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra Specific cites from Shakespeare's play to Plutarch's life of Antony.
  
• Plutarch - His Life and Legacy Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance.
  
• Plutarch's Lives All of the classic biographies of heroes and villains from ancient Greece and Rome. The English text is awkward and antiquated, but it's the complete Dryden edition (1683), as revised by A.H. Clough (1864).
  
• Plutarch's Alexander Translated by John Dryden.
  
• 15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives Abridged modern English version of the classic biographies. The most heroic of the Greek lives, in an easy-to-read style, with clickable vocabulary for the student, and an extensive Ancient Greece Links page. Start here if you've never read Plutarch before.
  
• International Plutarch Society Fans of Plutarch rally here.
  
• CHAIRONEIA: Plutarch's Home on the Web Kenneth Mayer's collection of links and Plutarchian lore.
  
• Shakespeare's Sources in Plutarch's Parallel Lives A few biographies of ancient Roman and Greek heroes from J. W. Skeat's 19th century edition of Sir Thomas North's 1579 English edition. The North edition was a Renaissance best-seller in England, and Shakespeare borrowed heavily from it for his plays. Provided by the Perseus Project at Tufts University.
  
• Plutarch's Lives with annotations to the Encyclopedia of the Self The Dryden edition, as revised by A.H. Clough, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.