This anthology of Plutarch's biographies boasts an excellent and
highly readable translation by two scholars of classical
literature. In this volume, we hear Plutarch's accounts of several
iconic figures from Greek and Roman antiquity. Nominally arranged
according to their moral successes and failings of the individuals
concerned, the Lives are a stunning insight into how the figures of
antiquity were perceived and chronicled relatively soon after
passing into history. Written in the 2nd century A.D., the Lives
were distributed en masse following the invention of the printing
press in the early Renaissance. As well as being compelling
biography, certain accounts of rulers such as Pericles are highly
regarded as secondary sources by contemporary historians. In
multiple cases, Plutarch compared and contrasted several of his
biographical subjects. For instance early in this volume we find
comparisons between Theseus and Romulus, wherein their morals,
characteristics and actions are examined.
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