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Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
Plutarch
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Description for Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
Paperback. Editor(s): Stadter, Philip A. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
Marcus Cato Sulla Aemilius Paullus Pompey The Gracchi Marius Julius Caesar Anthony 'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose ... Read more
Marcus Cato Sulla Aemilius Paullus Pompey The Gracchi Marius Julius Caesar Anthony 'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199537389
SKU
V9780199537389
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About Plutarch
Philip A Stadter is Falk Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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