Plutarch: Lives of Pompey, Caesar, Cicero: A Companion to the Penguin Translation
In the English-speaking world most readers come to Plutarch through
the Penguin translations, and this companion aims to give help to
readers of this subtle and complex writer. The introduction gives
brief details of Plutarch's life and works, his methods and
aims as a biographer, and the character of these particular three
Lives. The commentary, in continuous prose, gives citations from
the Penguin translation in bold type. The book also contains family
trees, maps, a chronological table, a glossary of Roman political
terms, and a select vocabulary.
