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Plutarch
Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures…
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As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, the author depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage, patriotism…
A revision of Ian Scott-Kilvert’s seminal work, including new introduction, notes, further reading and chronology by John Marincola
The book forms part of our revision of Plutarch’s histories in Penguin…
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Taken from the Lives , a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare…
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Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome’s greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of…
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Plutarch’s vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the…
Rebecca Kingston
Explores how the work of the first-century historian and moralist Plutarch was translated into French and English during the Renaissance and read and invoked in political argument from the early…
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Theofanis Tsiampokalos
A fundamental reappraisal of Plutarch's attitude towards rhetoric.
Plutarch was not only a skilled writer, but also lived during the Second Sophistic, a period of cultural renaissance. This book offers…
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William W Goodwin
Reprint of the original, first published in 1878.
Walter W Skeat
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Plutarch, Anne E White
Publicola, one of the first consuls of the Roman Republic, was "the most eminent amongst the Romans" and 'the fountain of their honour." This updated edition of The Plutarch Primer…
Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field.
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This volume addresses the important literary phenomenon of 'generic enrichment' in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, examining the ways in which features of other genres are deployed and incorporated in Plutarch's biographies…
The volume puts into the spotlight overlaps between Plutarch and other imperial writers. By examining the Plutarchan corpus within the context of contemporary literary production, it contributes to our understanding…
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Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city’s founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the…
John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough
In the eight lives of this collection, Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be…
Plutarch's Lives Vol 3, written by the esteemed Greek historian and biographer Plutarch, presents a riveting assortment of biographies that delve into the lives of notable figures from Greek and…
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Plutarch created "Plutarch's Lives," a collection of biographies, in the first century AD. For instance, biographies of well-known Greek and Roman individuals are grouped together depending on how their lives…
Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm
From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its…
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Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch’s Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common…
Luke O'Sullivan
Offers a new understanding of doubt in Montaigne's Essais and early modern intellectual culture
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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