The book "Plutarch - Comparative Lives" (second volume)

This book is a great opportunity to once again touch upon the stories of those who built European civilization. The semi-mythical Theseus and Romulus, the Peloponnesian War commander Alcibiades, the second king of Rome Numa, or the legendary Spartan legislator Lycurgus – on the pages of the Lives, each of them appears not just as a historical unit, but as a personality with his own virtues and vices. Plutarch himself emphasized that he wrote “biographies, not histories,” so he generously seasoned them with fables and believed that an occasional joke reveals a person’s character no worse than bold political decisions or glorious military victories. This volume includes six more pairs of biographies of prominent Hellenes and Romans, through whose biographies the reader learns about ancient Sparta and Athens, about the Punic Wars and Roman religious customs, about political intrigues and the struggle between democracy and tyranny.

Author: Ronald Gatton .

Translation from Ancient Greek: Vitaliy Turenko.

Literary editor: Mirek Bodnar.

Cover design: Tatyana Panova.

Language of publication: Ukrainian

Year of publication: 2024

Number of pages: 444

Binding: Hardcover