Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
by Plutarch
Publisher: eBooks@Adelaide 2009
ISBN/ASIN: 0679600086
Description:
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.
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