Plutarch: Lives of Pompey, Caesar and Cicero: A Companion to the Penguin Translation

by M. J. Edwards

Overview

In the English-speaking world most readers come to Plutarch through the Penguin translations, and this companion aims to give help to readers of this subtle and complex writer. The introduction gives brief details of Plutarch's life and works, his methods and aims as a biographer, and the character of these particular three Lives. The commentary, in continuous prose, gives citations from the Penguin translation in bold type. The book also contains family trees, maps, a chronological table, a glossary of Roman political terms, and a select vocabulary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853991288
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/20/1992
Series:	Classical Studies
Edition description:	First 2003 Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv Stemmata v Map vii Chronological Tabl xiv Introduction 1
1. Plutarch’s Life and Works 1
2. Plutarch as a Biographer and Historian 2
3. Observations on the Pompey, Caesar and Cicero 4
4. Plutarch’s Method of Composition and the Order of the Lives 6
Commentary 6
Pompey 9
Caesar 9
Cicero 67
Glossary 151
Bibliography 153