Plutarch: Roman Lives
Roman Lives
Buch
- A Selection of Eight Lives
- Herausgeber: Philip A. Stadter
- Übersetzung: Robin Waterfield
- Oxford University Press, 09/2008
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780199537389
- Bestellnummer: 5217769
- Umfang: 608 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr: 2008
- Gewicht: 420 g
- Maße: 196 x 129 mm
- Stärke: 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.9.2008
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
Marcus CatoSulla
Aemilius Paullus
Pompey
The Gracchi
Marius
Julius Caesar
Anthony
'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.'
In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also implicitly to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power. In prose that is rich, elegant and sprinkled with learned references, he explores with an extraordinary degree of insight the interplay of character and political action. While drawing chiefly on historical sources, he
brings to biography a natural story-teller's ear for a good anecdote. Throughout the ages Plutarch's Lives have been valued for their historical value and their charm. This new translation will introduce new generations to his urbane erudition. The most comprehensive selection available, it is
accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps and indexes.
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Klappentext
The companion volume to Plutarch's Greek Lives published in Oxford World's Classics in 1998, Roman Lives is a newly translated selection from Plutarch's rich, elegant and learned Lives, valued throughout the ages for their historical value and their charm. The lives included are those of Marcus Cato, Aemilius Paullus, The Gracchi, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Julius Caesar and Anthony. Closely annotated with bibliographies, maps and an index, this is the ideal edition for all students of classical history.Biografie (Plutarch)
Plutarch (ca. 45-125 n. Chr.) stammte aus einer wohlhabenden Familie in Chaironeia, Böotien. Er studierte Philosophie in Athen. Reisen nach§Kleinasien, Alexandria und Rom unterbrachen seine beschauliche Gelehrtenexistenz in der Provinz. Er war ein äußerst produktiver Schriftsteller, der neben den berühmten Biographien Schriften populärphilosophischen Inhalts und zu Fragen des alltäglichen Lebens verfasste.Biografie (Robin Waterfield)
Robin Waterfield was formerly a university lecturer at the universities of Newcastle and St Andrews, before becoming a commissioning editor at Penguin Books. A freelance writer and translator since the early 1980s, he has published numerous translations of the Greek classics for both the Oxford World's Classics and Penguin Classics. He now lives in the far south of Greece on a small olive farm.Mehr von Plutarch
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