Genealogy Books - Plutarch's Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics)

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Summary: Get this edition.
Comment: Plutarch's history isn't always the most accurate -- he clashes with Arrian and Quintus Curtius on
Alexander, for example -- but it sure is a lot of fun...Plutarch weaves in lots of interesting
little anecdotes and his narrative arcs are always complete without being too long. It's also great
for leisurely reading; there are so many Lives, you can pick one up on any rainy afternoon, long car
drive, or what have you, and don't even need to know a whole lot of context to get the gist of
what's going on. For fans of history and biography, or just stories in general, this is as good as
it gets.

I recommend the Modern Library edition because it's complete (with the two volumes, that
is) and because the Dryden translation is very colorful even though it's old-school -- you're bound
to pick up a lot of cool vocabulary. Also, don't quite know how to put it, but his translation just
seems more...classic. It fits, get it.

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