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Plutarch: Lives of Aristeides and Cato~

^BPlutarch: Lives of Aristeides and Cato ~
edited with translation and commentary by D. Sansone~
Plutarch's Lives have always attracted a large number of
admirers, particularly because of his pragmatic concern with
ethics and politics. But Plutarch intended his Lives to be read
in pairs, an intention that is often ignored by those who treat
these works as merely historical sources. This new text and
translation provides the first commentary in English on the pair
Aristeides and Cato. In addition to supplying commentary on
historical, stylistic and textual matters, Professor Sansone also
explores Plutarch's purpose in comparing the fifth-century Greek
statesman, Aristeides, with the second-century Roman, Cato the
Elder. Greek text with facing translation, notes and introduction.
(Aris and Phillips 1989)

Table of contents

Introduction
Select Bibliography
A note on the text
The life of Aristeides: Text and translation
Life of Cato: Text and translation
Commentary
Index to commentary

Biographical note

David Sansone is Professor of Classics at The University of Illinois. He served as Chair of the department from 1996-1999 and as Head from 2008-2010. His publications have been largely concerned with Greek language and literature, including the literary and textual criticism of Greek tragedy and as well as the theoretical study of the origin of sport.

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