Author: Charles William Eliot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Author: Plutarch
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 902

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Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great storytellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his Lives were the great men of antiquity, often greatly flawed, but with tragic depth and epic stature. Thomas North's translation, one of the most splendid works of sixteenth-century English prose, presents a vigorous and passionate version of the Lives whose qualities so attracted Shakespeare that he used North as his major source for Julius Caesar, Coriolanus and Antony & Cleopatra. This collection includes all the Lives which Shakespeare used and a selection of others which aim to show the variety and range of Plutarch's writing.

Author: Charles William Eliot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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V. 49--Epic and saga.

Author: Plutarch
Publisher: New York : New American Library
ISBN:
Category : Alcibiades
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Author: Plutarch
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498069175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.

Author: Plutarch
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781494131548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.

Author: William Allan Neilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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Author: Anthony Grafton
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674035720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1188

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The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.

Author: Hugh Liebert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316790959
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283

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Plutarch's Lives were once treasured. Today they are studied by classicists, known vaguely, if at all, by the educated public, and are virtually unknown to students of ancient political thought. The central claim of this book is that Plutarch shows how the political form of the city can satisfy an individual's desire for honor, even under the horizon of empire. Plutarch's argument turns on the difference between Sparta and Rome. Both cities stimulated their citizens' desire for honor, but Sparta remained a city by linking honor to what could be seen first-hand, whereas Rome became an empire by liberating honor from the shackles of the visible. Even under the rule of a distant power, however, allegiances and political actions tied to the visible world of the city remained. By resurrecting statesmen who thrived in autonomous cities, Plutarch hoped to rekindle some sense of the city's enduring appeal.

Author: Plutarch
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781013906657
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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