The Plutarch Project, Volume Two: Pyrrhus, Nicias, and Crassus

by Anne E. White

2. Pyrrhus, Nicias, and Crassus

British educator Charlotte Mason saw Plutarch's Lives as key to the study of Citizenship. What character qualities does one need to be both a good subject and a great leader? How do people manage their affairs with wisdom and justice, and what happens when they don't? The second volume in The Plutarch Project includes vocabulary, discussion questions, and other aids for students and parents/teachers, plus edited text for the Lives of Pyrrhus, Nicias, and Crassus.

More of The Plutarch Project
1. Marcus Cato the Censor, Philopoemen, and Titus Flamininus
3. Julius Caesar, Agis and Cleomenes, and the Gracchi
4. Demosthenes, Cicero, and Demetrius
5. Alexander and Timoleon
6. Aemilius Paulus, Aristides, and Solon
7. Pompey and Themistocles

196 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2016

Reviews

[Mary Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you, Anne White. You enhanced our study of these three men from Plutarch’s Lives.

[Kay Pelham · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 stars to Plutarch, 5 stars to Anne White

[Ami McNay · Rating 3 out of 5]

My children tolerate Plutarch’s Lives. We like some more than others. Pyhrrus was particularly entertaining and memorable. Nicias was ok. Crassus had two main highlights, the section on Spartacus and the final battle scene. Glad we’ve read them, but I don’t think we’ll reread these lives.