Plutarque et la question du caractère: le cas d’ Antoine

Abstract

Plutarch writes Lives to portray characters. But some characters prove difficult to draw. In his Life of Antony, Plutarch portrays Antony as a man prone to disguise himself and living under many influences. His character appears to be elusive to such an extent that one may even wonder if it actually exists. The same question arises in How to tell a flatterer from a friend where Plutarch also comments on Antony. He considered him a special case and paints his character as an enigma.