num_pages: 383
description: "The glory that was Greece" is nowhere better preserved for moderns than in Plutarch's Lives. Here is one of the most nearly contemporary accounts of the careers of the great lawgivers &amp; governors of Athens: Pericles, Alcibiades, Demosthenes, Alexander the Great, Solon, Lycurgus, Theseus, Themistocles, Timoleon. Plutarch's Lives stands among the 1st great books of world literature, read today both as history &amp; for the brilliance of its style &amp; reportorial skill. His scheme was to compare the lives of outstanding Greek figures with those of his own Roman compatriots, placing Greek &amp; Roman side by side. This selection from Lives of the Noble Greeks is a companion volume to Lives of the Noble Romans. Shakespeare's Roman plays draw heavily from Plutarch.
language: English
title: Lives of the Noble Greeks
titlecomplete: Lives of the Noble Greeks
genres: Classics, Historical, History, Philosophy, Ancient History, Biography, Greece, Ancient, Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 306
places: Sparta, Athens
publisher: Dell Publishing Company