Plutarch Caesar

Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
Herausgeber: Pelling, Christopher / Übersetzer: Pelling, Christopher

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Plutarch's Life of Caesar deals with the best known Roman of them all, Julius Caesar, and covers virtually all of the major events of the last generation of the Republic. Pelling's volume gives a new translation of the Life, together with an introduction and commentary, while also acknowledging the literary aspects of the narrative.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780198149040
• ISBN-10: 0198149042
• Artikelnr.: 33371049

Autorenporträt

Christopher Pelling is Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Plutarch and the Caesars
2: TheLife of Caesar
a) Biography and History
b) Alexander and Caesar: Pair and Series
3: Sources and Methods
a) Gathering the Material
b) The Sources
c) Remoulding the Material
4: Plutarch and Roman Politics
5: Caesar and Julius Caesar: Plutarch and Shakespeare
Translation
Commentary
Indexes
Names
General Index