Plutarch's Lives Volume One (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Plutarch (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

864 Seiten

2006
Barnes & Noble Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7607-8092-3 (ISBN)

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Blending history and biography, the author evokes the characters of great leaders in history. He systematically pairs a Greek with a Roman, comparing characters and lives with similar careers so as to serve his particular goal of moral instruction. He defines for all ages the character of Greek and Roman moral identity.

Plutarch defined for all ages the character of Greek and Roman moral identity. He studied what constitutes the best in a human being, and which, in turn, determines a person's role in the world. Blending history and biography, Plutarch evokes the characters of great leaders in history. He systematically pairs a Greek with a Roman, comparing characters and lives with similar careers so as to serve his particular goal of moral instruction. In vivid prose, he describes the awesome spectacle of the actions of men of enormous desires and ambitions responding to impossible situations.

Plutarch most likely was born in the 40s CE to a wealthy leading family. He studied in Athens and traveled widely through Greece and the empire, from Alexandria to Rome, but remained a lifelong resident of Chaeronea in Central Greece. He held several municipal and regional offices.

Reihe/Serie	Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Einführung	Clayton Miles Lehmann
Übersetzer	John Dryden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	0-7607-8092-7 / 0760780927
ISBN-13	978-0-7607-8092-3 / 9780760780923
Zustand	Neuware