{"product_id":"book-1812","title":"Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works and the basis for Shakespeare’s Roman plays (\u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e), Plutarch’s \u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e have been entertaining and arousing the spirit of emulation in countless readers since their creation at the beginning of the second century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally named \u003cem\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, the work pairs eminent Romans with famous Greek counterparts—like the orators Cicero and Demosthenes—giving illuminating treatments of each separately and then comparing the two in a pithy essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of the two volumes in this translation by John Dryden presents Theseus and Romulus, Pericles and Fabius, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Aristides and Marcus Cato, and Lysander and Sylla, among others. This is a brilliant social history of the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig Black","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49393072800048,"sku":"BD1812","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49393072832816,"sku":"ZE1812","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49393072865584,"sku":"ZM1812","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1812-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775528032","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1812","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}