This hardcover 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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