{"product_id":"plutarch-andrew-lintott-9780199699728","title":"Plutarch: Demosthenes and Cicero","description":"Plutarch's \u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e have been popular reading from antiquity to the present day, combining engaging biographical detail with a strong underlying moral purpose. The \u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e of Demosthenes and Cicero are an unusual pair in that they are about unmilitary men who, while superb technically as orators, were both in the end political failures, crushed by the military power which dominated their world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these two \u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e, Plutarch is not so much interested in Demosthenes' and Cicero's rhetorical technique as in their ability to persuade an audience to vote for the right course of action, even if that action was \u003cem\u003eprima facie\u003c\/em\u003e unpopular. In Plutarch's own time, when the empire of the Caesars had been established for over a century, liberty was of necessity limited, but still an issue, for both Greeks and Romans. His home, Chaeroneia, was a provincial town in Greece, but he travelled regularly to Italy where he met Romans from the elite that ruled the empire. He wrote both for his fellow imperial subjects who still sought to enjoy what freedom they could obtain from the ruling power, and for the Romans who exercised that power but were always subject to the ultimate authority of the emperor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with the translations and commentaries, Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the background and context of these two \u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e, essential information about the author and the periods in which these two orators lived, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Lintott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199699720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199699728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Andrew Lintott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401230078207,"sku":"9780199699728","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24b3f6fc-9426-42fa-950f-95c7e07819dc.jpg?v=1733887117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plutarch-andrew-lintott-9780199699728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}