Plutarch's Lives (Volume 1 Of 2)

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"Lives" is a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans by the ancient Greek historian Plutarch who lived during the first and second century AD. "Lives" consists of twenty-three paired biographies, one Greek and one Roman, and four unpaired, which explore the influence of character on the lives and destinies of the subjects. Rather than providing strictly historical accounts, Plutarch was most concerned with capturing this issue of character. This volume, volume 1 of 2, contains the first half of this classic history in which you will ...
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Plutarch's Lives: Life of Agis (Illustrated)

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"Lives" is a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans by the ancient Greek historian Plutarch who lived during the first and second century AD. "Lives" consists of twenty-three paired biographies, one Greek and one Roman, and four unpaired, which explore the influence of character on the lives and destinies of the subjects. Rather than providing strictly historical accounts, Plutarch was most concerned with capturing this issue of character. This volume, volume 1 of 2, contains the first half of this classic history in which you will find the biographies of the following persons: Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Solon, Poplicola, Themistocles, Camillus, Pericles, Fabius, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Timoleon, Æmilius Paulus, Pelopidas, Marcellus, Aristides, Marcus Cato, Philopœmen, Flamininus, Pyrrhus, Caius Marius, Lysander, Sylla, Cimon, Lucullus, Nicias, and Crassus.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781420933512
  • Publisher: Neeland Media
  • Publication date: 1/1/2009
  • Pages: 560
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.25 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 3, 2005

    A Must-Have for Shakespeare students and Classical World History scholars

    Plutarch is an interesting historian and critic of the major noble Romans and Greeks. For anyone studying Shakespeare, these histories are a necessity to understand where Shakespeare got his material for his plays. In the lives of Marcus Brutus, Julius Caesar, Antony, Coriolanus, as well as others, a reader may notice some blantant instances of plagiarism and other close calls. Additionally, Plutarch does not spare his opinions about the charaters' choices and, in some cases, 'effeminate ways.' For World History students, these stories definitely give human life and characteristics to names that were simply ones to be memorized in a history textbook and tested on later.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 11, 2011

    Bad Scan

    Bad Scan

    Like so many of the free books available for the Nook, this book is very poorly scanned. Pagination and printing is off.

    It is not worth the trouble, and I am deleting it.

    I guess you really do get what you pay for¿

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2011

    A Mess

    I'm not going to be buying any more "bargain" books as most of them are unreadable.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted May 19, 2012

    Nightcraze

    Helps her out with imploding the pigs * aaarrrggg!

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    Posted May 20, 2012

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    Kills king pig

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 19, 2012

    A voice to all

    Chlorophyll is locked up in a certain result.. Check every result for her.. Goodbye...

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