Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Vol. 1 - The Founders, Warriors, and Lawgivers of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
10.02.2012
Verlag
Smk BooksSeitenzahl
386
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/2.3 cm
Gewicht
625 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-61720-640-5
The rise and fall of ancient statesmen, generals, reformers, and rulers come vividly to life in Volume 3 of Plutarch's enduring masterpiece of biography and moral history. In Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Plutarch pairs distinguished figures from Greece and Rome in order to compare their characters, ambitions, virtues, and failures. Rather than offering simple chronicles of public events, he examines the personal qualities behind political and military greatness: courage, pride, discipline, generosity, jealousy, judgment, and the corrupting effects of power. Through speeches, anecdotes, battles, rivalries, and moments of private decision, these lives reveal how individual character can shape the fate of nations. Volume 3 continues Plutarch's exploration of the ancient world through biographies of influential leaders whose choices altered the course of Greek and Roman history. Victories are placed beside defeats, noble intentions beside destructive ambition, and public glory beside private weakness. The result is a rich portrait of leadership in which even the most celebrated figures remain recognizably human. Written nearly two thousand years ago, Plutarch's Lives has influenced historians, playwrights, philosophers, and political thinkers for centuries. Shakespeare drew heavily upon it for his Roman plays, while generations of readers have turned to Plutarch for insight into leadership, ethics, government, war, and human nature. Volume 3 is essential reading for anyone interested in classical civilization, biography, military history, and the personalities who shaped Greece and Rome.
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