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  • Parallel Lives

    by Plutarch ...
    Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Listen

    An Ancient Guide to Learning from Others

    by Plutarch, Jeffrey Beneker ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    A lively new translation of Plutarch’s charming and timeless essay on how to be a good listener—and why listening is essential to learning and living wellListening is a skill—even an art—and it’s essential to learning and to life. Indeed, as Plutarch writes in How to Listen, “listening well is the foundation for living well.” In this volume, Jeffrey Beneker presents a vivid and accessible new ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD

  • The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Volume I

    by Plutarch ...
    Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives,' written at the beginning of the second century A.D., form a brilliant social history of the ancient world. They were originally presented in a series of books that gave an account of one Greek and one Roman life, followed by a comparison of the two: Theseus and Romulus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, Demetrius and Antony. Plutarch was interested in ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Morals

    by Plutarch ...
    Plutarch was a man of letters of unlimited curiosity; his overall subject, worked out across innumerable essays, dialogues, letters, speeches, and stories, is nothing less than life itself. As such, he provides an invaluable glimpse into a full cross-section of the classical world. He is not an original thinker, but he dissects the thought with which he was familiar with humility, care, and ... Read more

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  • Plutarch’s Lives

    by Plutarch ...
    "Plutarch's Lives" is a collection of biographical essays written by the Greek historian and philosopher Plutarch in the 1st century AD. The work consists of 50 paired biographies of famous Greek and Roman figures, with each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman. The lives covered in the work range from legendary figures such as Theseus and Romulus, to famous politicians and military leaders ... Read more

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  • Works Of Plutarch: Includes The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans (Parallel Lives), Morals And Essays And Miscellanies (Mobi Collected Works)

    by Plutarch ...
    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.This Collection Includes:Essays and Miscellanies The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans, Volume I Translated by Aubrey StewartThe Lives of the noble ... Read more

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  • Rome in Crisis

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by Christopher Pelling ...
    Bringing together nine biographies from Plutarch's Parallel Lives series, this edition examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician and conqueror of Eastern kingdoms, to Otho (32-69 AD), a reckless young noble who consorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero before briefly becoming a dignified and gracious emperor himself.Ian ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Fall of the Roman Republic

    by Plutarch, Robin Seager ...
    Translated by Rex Warner ...
    Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 bc. Whether ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2

    by Plutarch ...
    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 ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Plutarch's Lives, Lives of the Noble Grecian and Romans, complete

    by Plutarch ...
    The complete multi-volume Lives, in a single file. The Clough translation. According to Wikipedia: "Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. AD 46 - 120 — commonly known in English as Plutarch — was a Roman historian (of Greek ethnicity), biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist. Plutarch was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. His known works ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hellenistic Lives

    including Alexander the Great

    by Plutarch, Andrew Erskine ...
    Translated by Robin Waterfield ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch's biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Plutarch's Lives

    Illustrated and Annotated

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by John Dryden ...
    Plutarch's Lives, originally titled Βίοι Παράλληλοι (Bíoi Parállēloi) in Greek, is a series of biographical sketches that pairs notable figures from ancient Greece and Rome to explore their moral character, leadership styles, and personal virtues. Written in the first century AD, this work is often referred to as Parallel Lives because Plutarch purposefully juxtaposes the lives of one Greek and ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD