Vides paral·leles
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Escrita per l'autor
- Estat del text:
- Sense soroll d'escaneig detectat (mesura automàtica sobre tot el text, no revisada a mà)
- Extensió:
- ~750.000 paraules · 3.583 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APAPlutarc. (n.d.). Plutarch Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans [Vides paral·leles]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/plutarch/plutarch-lives-of-the-noble-grecians-and-romans
- MLAPlutarc. Plutarch Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans [Vides paral·leles]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/plutarch/plutarch-lives-of-the-noble-grecians-and-romans.
- ChicagoPlutarc. Plutarch Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans [Vides paral·leles]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/plutarch/plutarch-lives-of-the-noble-grecians-and-romans.
Referència de l’edició reproduïda. SigPhi és la reproducció digital, no l’editor. S’hi inclouen l’any, l’editorial i el traductor quan consten; «n.d.» indica que no consta l’any. La responsabilitat d’un pròleg o d’una nota es determina segons el passatge citat.
De què tracta
Vint-i-tres parelles de vides, una de grega i una de romana, comparades entre si: Alexandre amb Cesar, Demostenes amb Ciceró.
Context i història
Plutarc les va escriure a principis del segle II i avisa que no fa història sinó vides: diu que un gest petit o una frase revelen el caràcter més que no pas una batalla amb milers de morts. Per la traducció anglesa de North van arribar a Shakespeare, que en va treure el Juli Cèsar, el Coriolà i l'Antoni i Cleòpatra gairebé escena per escena.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
those that were to be sent, there arose fresh discontents and accusations against Aegeus among the people, who were full of grief and indignation that he, who was the cause of all their miseries, was the only person exempt from the punishment; adopting and settling his kingdom upon a bastard and foreign son, he took no thought, they said, of their destitution and loss, not of bastards, but lawful children. These things sensibly affected Theseus, who, thinking it but just not to disregard, but rather partake of, the sufferings of his fellow citizens, offered himself for one without any lot. All else were struck with admiration for the nobleness and with love for the goodness of the act; and Aegeus, after prayers and entreaties, finding him inflexible and not to be persuaded, proceeded to the choosing of the rest by lot. Hellanicus, however, tells us that the Athenians did not send the young men and virgins by lot, but that Minos himself used to come and make his own choice, and pitched upon Theseus before all others; according to the conditions agreed upon between them, namely, that the Athenians should furnish them with a ship, and that the young men that were to sail with him should carry no weapon of war; but that if the Minotaur was destroyed, the tribute should cease. On the two former occasions of the payment of the tribute, entertaining no hopes of safety or return, they sent out the ship with a black sail, as to unavoidable destruction; but now, Theseus encouraging his father and speaking greatly of himself, as confident that he should kill the Minotaur, he gave the pilot another sail, which was white, commanding him, as he returned, if Theseus were safe, to make use of that; but if not, to sail with the black one, and to hang out that sign of his misfortune.…