Greek Lives, Plutarch
Greek Lives, Plutarch
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Greek Lives

Author: Plutarch

Narrator: Nicholas Farrell

Abridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 10/01/2003


Synopsis

Plutarch’s series of biographies was the first of its kind, as much ground breaking in conception as Herodotus was with his Histories. Plutarch looked at the great men of the Ancient World and told their stories, in many cases drawing on sources no longer available to us. They offer a unique insight into the characters as well as the achievements of men who influenced their age and the empires that their culture dominated. They are as accessible now as they were when they were first written. It is the companion volume to Roman Lives, also read with style by Nicholas Farrell on Naxos AudioBooks.

About Plutarch

Plutarch was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Lives and Moralia. He is considered today to be a Middle Platonist. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on May 10, 2021

Them Greeks sure liked war.......more

Goodreads review by Rasheed on December 15, 2021

...the most outstanding exploits do not always have the property of revealing the goodness or badness of the agent; often, in fact, a casual action, the odd phrase, or a jest reveals character better than battles involving the loss of thousands upon thousands of lives, huge troop movements, and w......more

Goodreads review by Alastair on April 02, 2021

Plutarch's lives are a series of biographies of famous men but with a twist. While most biographies focus on the heroic achievements or reprehensible villainy of their subjects and focus on landmark events or military exploits, Plutarch traces a different course. He focusses far more heavily on the......more

Goodreads review by Erik on March 22, 2016

Having had a very spotty education in foreign languages owing to several moves from one to another school district (German in 2nd grade, Spanish in 3rd-5th, French in 6th-8th), I went for something new in high school, viz. Latin. It was in high school Latin that I discovered that my difficulties wit......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on February 09, 2020

I know. Giving Plutarch only three stars. I’m awful. Maybe he can impress me with his Roman Lives. :p......more