List Appertaining To Books Parallel Lives
| Title | : | Parallel Lives |
| Author | : | Plutarch |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1309 pages |
| Published | : | August 12th 1977 by Modern Library (first published 100) |
| Categories | : | History. Classics. Biography. Nonfiction. Philosophy |
Plutarch
Hardcover | Pages: 1309 pages Rating: 4.12 | 1415 Users | 67 Reviews
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Plutarch's Parallel Lives is a series of biographies, arranged in pairs illuminating virtues & vices. Surviving Lives contain 23 pairs, each with a Greek & a Roman Life, & 4 unpaired Lives. As explained in the opening of his Life of Alexander, he wasn't concerned with history so much as the influence of character on life & destiny. Whereas sometimes he barely touched on great events, he devoted much space to anecdote & incidental triviality, this often telling more about his subjects than their famous accomplishments. He sought to provide rounded portraits, likening his craft to painting. Indeed, he went to great (often tenuous) length to draw parallels between physical appearance & character. He's amongst the earliest moral philosophers. Some of the Lives, like those of Heracles, Philip II of Macedon & Scipio Africanus, are lost. Many remaining Lives are truncated, contain lacunae or have been tampered with. Extant are those on Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Pericles, Alcibiades, Nicias, Demosthenes, Pelopidas, Philopoemen, Timoleon, Dion of Syracuse, Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Coriolanus, Theseus, Aemilius Paullus, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Gaius Marius, Sulla, Sertorius, Lucullus, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Cato the Younger, Mark Antony & Marcus Junius Brutus.
Mention Books As Parallel Lives
| Original Title: | Βίοι Παράλληλοι |
| ISBN: | 0394604075 (ISBN13: 9780394604077) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 1415 Users | 67 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Parallel Lives
This is often known as the "Parallel Lives" because these biographical sketches come in pairs, one Greek, one Roman, followed by a comparison. This is a thick tome. My edition of Plutarch's Lives as translated by Dryden is nearly 800 pages. And yes, I read the whole thing and was never bored. Maybe this makes me perverse, given the number of reviewers I've heard describe them as dry. I thought it a wonderful and engaging introduction to the most illustrious personalities of Greco-RomanAn interesting insight into the lives of some of the most powerful and influential men in history. It's a nice read for anybody, who's interested in the subject.
Well written historyThis book is not a light read with fluff . It is chock full of an enormous history of Greeks, Romans and other famous anchients. Many did mom Comes were mentioned such as Sparticus, Xeres, Cleopatra, and Hanibal. It dazzled me with all the information given.
i just read the bit about crassus and spartacus, both we were really cool examples of incredible men. i mean, for your name to last that long, fuck you were cool. fuck steve jobs.
A monumental achievement, covering the lives of 50 of the most influential ancient Greeks and Romans. Plutarch's aim was to write biography, not history, so the focus is on the characters and decisions of these men. Plutarch is notoriously poor at describing battles, but he scoured the available sources for illuminating anecdotes. Since many of those sources are no longer extant, Plutarch has performed an invaluable service to posterity.Reading this is an undertaking, and it took me time to
A fascinating book. The gulf between these famous Greeks and Romans and we today is huge. It is interesting to see the similarities and differences between their day and ours. Their attitude towards death is certainly hugely different to ours, as they seemed to be ready to risk their lives far more willingly then we are. Another major difference involves what was expected of a man. Today people are often more specialized and tend to conform to some subculture or other, but with the ancients a
what a great journey through ancient Greece and Rome.These were the days of Phocion, Cato, Brutus, Cicero and others who were steadfast in their desire for public good and the likes of Caeser, Pompey, Otho and others whose only drive was power for its own sake.We truly miss the Catos, the law givers such as Solon and Lycurgus and other noble men.Plutarch tells his history very well
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