Plutarch’s Lives Of The Noble Greeks And Romans

Plutarch's Lives, written in the early second century A. D. , is a biographical work of the ancient world by one of the greatest moralists and biographers of all time. In his most famous work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal with many details, Volume I contain profiles and comparisons of Romulus and Theseus, Numa and Lycurgus, Fabius and Pericles, and many more powerful figures of Ancient Greece and Rome.