Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls (Ilustrated in Black-and-White)

The gold standard in virtue instruction for nearly two millennia, Plutarch's Lives belongs to a genre that doesn't quite exit today—the Life—a sort of biography that paints a portrait of the virtue and vices of its subject. Plutarch's Lives were especially influential on the American founding, being the most referenced ancient source in the Federalist Papers. Originally written as independent pairs (one Greek and one Roman), author W. H Weston wisely arranges his retellings of the Lives in chronological order, which to this day is still considered the best order for learning.Note:This illustrations in this edition are reproduced in Black-and-White on cream paper to keep the cost low.If you want the color illustrations on white paper, those are in the other edition.Why choose the Caparison edition?Text corrected by classicists: Weston made some translation choices that were more relatable in his time, such as Latinizing the names of Greek gods (referring to "Zeus" as "Jupiter"), referring to "bronze" as "brass", etc. The text of this edition is corrected to use the proper terminology.Americanized text: This text never received an American edition from the original publisher, and so the text of this edition has been lightly edited to do so. Read more