--- product_id: 4282307 title: "Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics)" price: "NT$2072" currency: TWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4282307-greek-lives-oxford-worlds-classics store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # Comprehensive classical biographies Expert scholarly notes & maps Insightful historical context Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) **Price:** NT$2072 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the legends of Greece—because your bookshelf deserves a classic that speaks volumes! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) - **How much does it cost?** NT$2072 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4282307-greek-lives-oxford-worlds-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Risk-Free Purchase:** Enjoy hassle-free returns with guaranteed packaging and no quibbles policy, ensuring your satisfaction. - • **Dive into Timeless Wisdom:** Explore the lives of nine iconic Greek figures with vivid, story-like biographies that bring history to life. - • **Oxford's Scholarly Excellence:** Benefit from authoritative translations, detailed introductions, and extensive explanatory notes for deeper understanding. - • **Mint Condition & Fast Dispatch:** Receive your pristine copy with guaranteed same-day shipping for orders before noon—no waiting, no worries. - • **Perfect for the History Enthusiast:** Ranked top 10 in Ancient History and Historical Greece Biographies, a must-have for your curated collection. ## Overview Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) offers a masterful collection of nine classical Greek biographies, translated with scholarly precision and enriched with expert introductions, notes, maps, and bibliographies. Perfectly preserved and swiftly dispatched, this edition ranks among the top in Ancient History and Classic Greek Literature, making it an essential addition for discerning readers and history aficionados alike. ## Description "I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest." Here, Plutarch introduces the major figures and periods of classical Greece, detailing the lives of nine personages, including Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Cimon, Alexander, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, and Agesilaus. Oxford presents the most comprehensive selection available, superbly translated and accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps, and indexes. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Review: Enjoyable History - I was dreading the myriad footnotes, but actually this is loads of fun to read. He’s more enjoyable than Herodotus to me, because of the succinctness of his portraits. Basically the biographies read like short stories. Also, I purchased the book used and it was in great shape(except for the inevitable sloppy stickers everywhere). Review: gift for my history buff of a son - he asked for it, so I assume he likes it ## Features - New - Mint Condition - Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon - Guaranteed packaging - No quibbles returns ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #27,812 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #9 in Ancient History (Books) #10 in Historical Greece Biographies #36 in Classic Greek Literature | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 198 Reviews | ## Images ![Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/817BPxrtwLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enjoyable History *by A***R on October 31, 2019* I was dreading the myriad footnotes, but actually this is loads of fun to read. He’s more enjoyable than Herodotus to me, because of the succinctness of his portraits. Basically the biographies read like short stories. Also, I purchased the book used and it was in great shape(except for the inevitable sloppy stickers everywhere). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ gift for my history buff of a son *by E***Y on January 17, 2020* he asked for it, so I assume he likes it ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great translation, but not a fan of End Notes *by T***D on July 17, 2020* I read this English edition of Plutarch's Lives as part of my journey through the Western canon. My rating and this review are not of Plutarch himself, but of this English edition. As a note, OWC divides Plutarch's Lives into three editions: Greek Lives, Hellenistic Lives, and Roman Lives. This review is for OWC's Greek Lives. First, Philip Stadter writes an excellent introduction to Plutarch and the Greek lives covered in this edition. He demonstrates that Plutarch wrote the Parallel Lives not to provide a true historical record of each man but to provide moral instruction from the virtues or vices each man exhibited. Of note, Stadter comments in his introduction that, "one of the most important results of the scholarship of the last twenty-five years has been the recognition that Plutarch thought of each pair as a single work, developing a single overall impression, and linking the two lives not only in external features or accidents, but in many small ways regarding both events and traits of character." If that is the case, then perhaps OWC should not divide the Lives into separate Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman editions, but keep the pair together and group the pair together with others based on other common criteria. Second, Robin Waterfield's English translation is excellent. It is clear, concise, and accessible. Third, Stadter's notes are brief but provide helpful explanations of the text. However, they are end notes and not footnotes. End notes require the reader to constantly flip back-and-forth in the book. Footnotes are much preferred. Because of the use of end notes instead of footnotes, I've given this good English edition of Plutarch 4-out-of-5 stars. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4282307-greek-lives-oxford-worlds-classics](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4282307-greek-lives-oxford-worlds-classics) --- *Product available on Desertcart Taiwan* *Store origin: TW* *Last updated: 2026-10-22*