
Plutarch
The Iliad Books XIII - XXIV
D. A. Russell(Author)
Bristol Classical Press
Published on 13. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-85399-620-7 (ISBN)
Description
Plutarch's "Lives" and "Morals" are among the formative books of western civilisation, Written around AD 100, in Greece under Roman rule, they reflect conditions of that time: not only the political limitations, but - more importantly - the rich inheritance of post-classical as well as classical Greek thinking. Russell sets out to explain what it is like to read Plutarch and what one needs to bear in mind in order to read him with understanding and appreciation. Plutarch is seen in his historical context, his language and style, as a scholar of the past, as philosopher and moralist. The "Lives" are then discussed with specific examples in more detail - Alcibiades and some of the main generals of the late Roman republic; in the final chapter Russell examines the reception of Plutarch down to the time of North's translation and Shakespeare's reliance on it. Each chapter is generously laced with quotation (in translation), so that the student and general reader get a feeling for Plutarch's work.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-620-7 (9781853996207)
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Previous edition
D. A. Russell
Plutarch
Book
01/1998
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
€57.20
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Person
DA Russell is a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and was University Reader in Greek and Latin Literature. His works include Critcism in Antiquity (in the same series), and an authoritative edition of Longinus, On the Sublime.