by Plutarch · ISBN 9782253907206
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«Grecs et romains en parallèle» is the historical essay by Plutarco, published by Librairie générale française in a paperback edition (385 pages).
The volume brings together two treatises by Plutarco: the «Questions romaines» and the «Questions grecques». In them the author analyses the origin of religious rites, festivities, political institutions and everyday customs of Rome and Greece, and sets the two side by side to highlight similarities and differences between the two cultures.
French-language edition from the «Bibliothèque classique» collection. Introduction, translation and commentary by Michèle Nouilhan, Jean-Marie Pailler and Pascal Payen. Includes bibliography and index.
Recommended for readers interested in classical antiquity and in the history of religions, customs and institutions of Greece and Rome.
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Plutarch was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus.
