Vidas paralelas
- Idioma:
- inglés
- Estado:
- Obra completa
- Autoría:
- Escrita por el autor
- Estado del texto:
- Sin ruido de escaneo detectado (medición automática sobre todo el texto, no revisada a mano)
- Extensión:
- ~750.000 palabras · 3583 pasajes
Cita esta obra
- APAPlutarco. (n.d.). Plutarch Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans [Vidas paralelas]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/plutarch/plutarch-lives-of-the-noble-grecians-and-romans
- MLAPlutarco. Plutarch Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans [Vidas paralelas]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/es/works/plutarch/plutarch-lives-of-the-noble-grecians-and-romans.
- ChicagoPlutarco. Plutarch Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans [Vidas paralelas]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/plutarch/plutarch-lives-of-the-noble-grecians-and-romans.
Referencia de la edición reproducida. SigPhi es la reproducción digital. Se incluyen año, editorial y traductor cuando constan; «n.d.» indica que no consta el año.
De qué trata
Veintitrés parejas de vidas, una griega y una romana, comparadas entre sí: Alejandro con César, Demóstenes con Cicerón.
Contexto e historia
Plutarco las escribió a principios del siglo II y advierte que no hace historia sino vidas: sostiene que un gesto pequeño o una frase revelan el carácter mejor que una batalla con miles de muertos. A través de la traducción inglesa de North llegaron a Shakespeare, que sacó de ellas el Julio César, el Coriolano y el Antonio y Cleopatra casi escena por escena.
Contexto editorial, no una fuente citable: a diferencia de los pasajes de la obra, estos datos no se pueden comprobar contra 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.…