Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I contains profiles and comparisons of Romulus and Theseus, Numa and Lycurgus, Fabius and Pericles, and many more powerful figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.
| ISBN: | 9780375756771 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 2001 |
| Author: | Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough |
| Publisher: | Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 784 pages |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
| Genres: |
Anthropology Ethics and moral philosophy Ancient history |
Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I contains profiles and comparisons of Romulus and Theseus, Numa and Lycurgus, Fabius and Pericles, and many more powerful figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.
Plutarch's Lives features in the following genres: Anthropology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient history
Plutarch's Lives is available in Paperback
Plutarch's Lives was written by Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough and published by Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group
Plutarch's Lives has 784 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Library Classics series