“Plutarch regularly shows that great leaders transcend their own purely material interests and petty, personal vanities. Noble ideals actually do matter, in government as in life.” —Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.
This reader’s edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context in the Preface and Introduction.
Over de auteur
Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius and the National Book Critics Circle Award–nominated Confronting the Classics and SPQR. A popular blogger and television personality, Beard is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. She lives in England.
Taal Engels ● Formaat EPUB ● Pagina’s 432 ● ISBN 9780393292831 ● Bestandsgrootte 6.6 MB ● Editor James Romm ● Vertaler Pamela Mensch ● Uitgeverij W. W. Norton & Company ● Land US ● Gepubliceerd 2017 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7468551 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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