Plutarch life of pericles pdf all of plutarchs lives are onsite in turn part of a very large site on classical antiquity. Ironically, it was pericles who orginally drew up the law to limit athenian citizenship to those whose parents on both sides were already citizens, causing much hardship at the time. The project gutenberg ebook, plutarchs lives, volume i of 4, by plutarch, et al, translated by aubrey stewart and george long this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. But the life of a contemplative philosopher and that of an active statesman are, i presume, not the same thing. Life of pericles this companion to the penguin translation of plutarchs life of pericles is divided into three parts. The internet classics archive pericles by plutarch. Plutarch parallel lives of noble grecians and romans. And so we have thought fit to spend our time and pains in writing of the lives of famous persons. In 443 he was elected strategos one of athens leading generals, a position he held, with one short interruption, for the rest of his life. The project gutenberg ebook of plutarchs lives, volume i. Azoulay reminds us of how unclear the life of pericles remains, but one learns much from.