Greek lives

a selection of nine Greek lives

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Plutarch: Greek lives (2008, Oxford University Press)

483 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 2 de julio de 2008 por Oxford University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-19-954005-1
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Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.

40 ediciones

reseñó Plutarch's lives, volume 1 de Plutarch (Barnes & Noble library of essential reading)

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There's some genuine cleverness relating to the murder plot and an effectively realized villainous figure in Frost. One clue stood out to me as especially subtle. However, this is otherwise a somewhat frustrating reading experience, with an obvious killer due to a quickly-pruned suspect list and the engaging character drama of Ripples traded for a petty dispute between Harte's subordinates. Still, it's hard to be negative about a book this short...

Temas

  • Plutarch -- Translations into English
  • Scholars -- Greece -- Biography
  • Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
  • Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
  • Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C