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The Makers of Rome
by Plutarch
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0880290455
- ISBN 13
- 9780880290456
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Swanton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Dorset, 1985 reprint. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket is a little shelf worn but has no tears. Text is unmarked. Strong binding. NOT ex-library.
Synopsis
Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered conscientious service to his province and city (where he continued to live), as well as holding a priesthood at nearby Delphi. His voluminous surviving writings are broadly divided into the ‘moral’ works and the Parallel Lives of outstanding Greek and Roman leaders. The former ( Moralia ) are a mixture of rhetorical and antiquarian pieces, together with technical and moral philosophy (sometimes in dialogue form). The Lives have been influential from the Renaissance onwards.
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- Wood Thrush Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2680
- Title
- The Makers of Rome
- Author
- Plutarch
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0880290455
- ISBN 13
- 9780880290456
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
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