Yet, however much this book is about Plutarch and his Caesar, Pelling has packed much, much more into his commentary. Behind this invaluable introduction and the whole of the commentary stands not just Pelling’s 1988 commentary on Plutarch’s Antony and his numerous articles on Plutarch (many reprinted with updating annotations in his 2002 Plutarch and History, itself a companion to much of Plutarch). An excellent, succinct companion to the whole of Plutarch and all the Lives is found in the seventy-six page introduction, with emphasis of course on Caesar. The English translation is the foundation (52 pp.) for which there are 373 data- filled pages of commentary. While some of us crane our necks looking for Plutarch in the recent parade of companions to ancient authors, topics, and eras (two are in the queue, rumor has it), a profoundly rich book has arrived in this new addition to the Clarendon Ancient History Series.
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