Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2011年11月 第1版
- ISBN 9780375756764
- 定价 129.00
内容简介
Plutarch'sLives,writtenatthebeginningofthesecondcenturyA.D.isabrilliantsocialhistoryoftheancientworldbyoneofthegreatestbiographersandmoralistsofalltime.Inwhatisbyfarhismostfamousandinfluentialwork,Plutarchrevealsthecharacterandpersonalityofhissubjectsandhowtheyledultimatelytotragedyorvictory.Richlyanecdotalandfullofdetail,VolumeIcontainsprofilesandcomparisonsofRomulusandTheseus,NumaandLycurgus,FabiusandPericles,andmanymorepowerfulfiguresofancientGreeceandRome.Thepresenttranslation,originallypublishedin1683inconjunctionwithalifeofPlutarchbyJohnDryden,wasrevisedin1864bythepoetandscholarArthurHughClough,whosenotesandprefacearealsoincludedinthisedition.
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