Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics)
by Plutarch
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Author: PlutarchIntroduction: Ian Scott-Kilvert
Translator: Ian Scott-Kilvert
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1965-10-30
ISBN: 0140441581
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Very enjoyable
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this text in order to understand Shakespeare's use of Plutarch as a source in his plays 'Coriolanus' and 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Any student of these plays would find this an invaluable reference, especially as the appendix discusses both Plutarch's and Shakespeare's characterisations of Antony and Cleopatra. However, Plutarch's lives of famous Romans are a delight to read in their own right, providing a biased and lively account of Roman history. The translation is clear and readable and this is a good edition of the text; although it doesn't provide the detailed endnotes to be found in some Pengiun Classics, it gives sufficient detail and introductory information to allow easy and enjoyable reading. This edition contains the lives of Coriolanus, Fabius Maximus, Marcellus, Cato the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Brutus and Mark Antony.
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