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Plutarch: Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans (Modern Library Series, Vol. 1)

by Plutarch Author, John Dryden Translator

(From Amazon): 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Resource Type: Book
ISBN: 0679600086
Print Status: In Print
Chapters: 41
Pages: 764
Suggested Grades: 7th - 12th
Geographical Setting: Greece, Rome
Historical Setting: 594 BC - 300 BC
Publisher: Modern Library
Copyright: 1992
Written: AD 100

Chapters

1 Life of Plutarch
2 Theseus
3 Romulus
4 Comparison of Romulus with Theseus
5 Lycurgus
6 Numa Pompilius
7 Comparison of Numa with Lycurgus
8 Solon
9 Poplicola
10 Comparison of Poplicola with Solon
11 Themistocles
12 Camillus
13 Pericles
14 Fablus
15 Comparison of Fabius with Pericles
16 Alcibiades
17 Coriolanus
18 Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus
19 Timoleon
20 AEmilius Paulus
21 Comparison of Timoleon with AEmilius Paulus
22 Pelopidas
23 Marcellus
24 Comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus
25 Aristides
26 Marcus Cato
27 Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato
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