I can offer no better summary of (or commentary on) the book's fourth and final chapter than Heffernan himself: "By exposing the overlooked subtextual strata that work to put forward the figuration of Caesar as godly-demonic lion, I hope to liberate Julius Caesar from its exegetic capture...
What is the purpose of Plutarch's Parallel Lives? In his Life of Alexander the Great, Plutarch states that his purpose in writing is "...not to write histories, but lives." Rather than write a detailed biography of each individual, Plutarch used details and anecdotes from the life of each...
According to the biographers.(Julius Caesar according to Plutarch and Suetonius)(Biography)Hollingsworth, Anthony