Plutarch's Lives Audiobook (Unabridged)

" reading this book may take forever, as I am also reading the dictionary along with it, when Plutarch uses a word I am not famillar with I write it down and look it up. So, I am learning quite a bit, but it is very slow going "

" One of the best books I've read. "

" Caesar & Cato the Younger "

" This book will make you feel like a loser. "

" This book is an exciting narrative of famous (or infamous depending on your point of view) personages from history. It is one of those factual reads that I come away from thinking, 'history is better than fiction." "

" I'm not sure this is the best compilation of Plutarch's biographies, but it does include his "greatest hits" including Themistocles who was of the most interest to me at the time of purchase. "

" Want to write about Ancient Rome? Start here. Anybody you ever though of from Theseus to Otho, they're here. Lucky you, if you can read the original in Latin. Most of us can't, so there is this translation, clearly the best since 1840. "

" More or less always reading this book. For over 45 years. There is still a lot for me to learn in Lives of the Greeks and Romans. "

" Read at St. John's College Graduate Institute "

" Only source for some important events in Greek history. "

" Always enjoy Plutarch. Not simplistic writing, but well worth it. "

" Historically, one of the great books. "

" I picked this up from the library just to read the sections on Tiberius and Caius Gracchus. I may come back to it at some later date, however, to read more of it. It can also be found as a free digital version on google books. "

" An epic work worthy of it's reputation. "

" i just read the bit about crassus and spartacus, both we were really cool examples of incredible men. i mean, for your name to last that long, fuck you were cool. fuck steve jobs. "

" Not nearly as compelling as Tacitus, but still a wealth of information. It was good to learn more about the lives of many of the Greeks, who I was unfamiliar with, but the Roman lives were not really in a compelling narrative form. This took a while getting through. "

" No pizazz to the writing. The words didn't really jump off the page. It just read like a boring history book. Lots of rambling on too. There were multiple paragraphs that were between one and two whole pages. It just didn't do a good job keeping me interested. "

" This is a must read...It is the starting point of understanding any piece of literature (at least I think so). "