Roman lives : a selection of eight Roman lives /
"In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also implicitly to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power. In prose that is rich, elegant...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |