Plutarch Roman Classical Studies

Plutarch Roman Classical Studies

Plutarch

Plutarch's classic biographies of ancient Greek and Roman heroes, and his essays, were the inspiration of the Renaissance. This category collects the links to Plutarch and his work.

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- Translated by John Dryden.
- Abridged modern English version of the classic biographies. The most heroic of the Greek lives, in an easy-to-read style, with clickable vocabulary for the student, and an extensive Ancient Greece Links page. Start here if you've never read Plutarch befo
- Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance.
- With bibliography, from the Perseus Project.
- The Dryden edition, as revised by A.H. Clough, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.
- Kenneth Mayer's collection of links and Plutarchian lore.
- A few biographies of ancient Roman and Greek heroes from J. W. Skeat's 19th century edition of Sir Thomas North's 1579 English edition. The North edition was a Renaissance best-seller in England, and Shakespeare borrowed heavily from it for his plays. Pro
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- All of the classic biographies of heroes and villains from ancient Greece and Rome. The English text is awkward and antiquated, but it's the complete Dryden edition (1683), as revised by A.H. Clough (1864).
- Unnannotated e-texts of John Dryden's translation of the Lives.

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