{"product_id":"plutarchs-lives-the-complete-48-biographies-deluxe-library-edition-9781774760482","title":"Plutarch's Lives  The Complete 48 Biographies (Deluxe Library Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlutarchs Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans  commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarchs Lives  is a series of 48 biographies of famous men  arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings  probably written at the beginning of the second century AD. The work includes 23 pairs of biographies  each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman of similar destiny  such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar  or Demosthenes and Cicero. Plutarchs Lives is a work of considerable importance  not only as a source of information about the individuals described  but also about the times in which they lived. Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories  but with exploring the influence of character  good or bad  on the lives and destinies of famous men. He wished to prove that the more remote past of Greece could show its men of action and achievement as well as the nearer  and therefore more impressive  past of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666346958901,"sku":"ByrdShop_1774760487","price":140.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781774760482.jpg?v=1782429089","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/plutarchs-lives-the-complete-48-biographies-deluxe-library-edition-9781774760482","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}