Greek and Roman Lives
Written early in the second century, Plutarch's Lives offers richly detailed and anecdotal biographies of some of the ancient world's mightiest and most influential figures. Plutarch sought to explore the characters and personalities of great men, to see how individual natures led ultimately to tragedy or victory. This selection from Plutarch's massive work profiles five Greeks and five Romans. The translation used here is by an unknown writer, but was associated with John Dryden's name because it was originally published in 1683-1686, in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by Dryden. In 1864, it was revised by the poet and scholar Arthur Hug…
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Weitere Autoren: Clough, Arthur Hugh (Überarb.) / Dryden, John (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-486-11902-1
- EAN: 0800759119028
- Produktnummer: 20536278
- Verlag: Dover Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'064 KB
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