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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 | Plutarch
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Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I contains profiles and comparisons of Romulus and Theseus, Numa and Lycurgus, Fabius and Pericles, and many more powerful figures of ancient Greece and Rome. The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.
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Graywacke
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Short version: not recommended:

Longer version: A multifaceted view of a few key points in classical history – the rise and fall of the Greeks and the formation, tumultuous history and death of the Roman Republic, which faded into empire.

We are living something of a reflection of all this, and it‘s not a comforting thought.

Liz_M So sorry your overall experience was negative, after such an investment of limited reading time. 😢 😭 5y
Graywacke @Liz_M Right! Too much obsession, too little time stepping back and forcibly reevaluating. 🙂 (ie - too much hamster wheeling through life) I am a little grateful I made it through. 5y
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Graywacke
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Slowly making my way to the end. Just finished Dion, briefly tyrant of Syracuse. Yeah, I had never heard of him either. (Just be glad you didn‘t live in 4th century bce Syracuse.) Next is Marcus Brutus, the last name I recognize.

Graywacke Hey, Apple, how long do I have to wait for my sloth emoji? 5y
GingerAntics I feel like I could use this emoji as well. Come on, Apple!!! lol 5y
Graywacke It‘s been approved. https://emojipedia.org/sloth/ (It‘s my spirit animal, we have a lot in common. ☺️) 5y
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Graywacke
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Alas, I‘ve started volume 2. Should take me two months to crawl through it.