Coriolanus
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
A great book. First published AD 1623, written in English
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same years he wrote Antony and Cleopatra, making them his last two tragedies.
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Where it is set
- Rome
Italy
Following his success, others encourage Coriolanus to pursue the consulship, but his disdain for the plebeians and mutual hostility with the tribunes lead to his banishment from Rome. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
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What it draws on
Parallel LivesClassic
Plutarch, AD 110
Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus, the proud general who turns on Rome and is turned back by his mother, gave Shakespeare his story and, in Volumnia's plea, many of his words.
Source: Wikipedia, Coriolanus
“Coriolanus is largely based on the "Life of Coriolanus" in Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (1579).” Read it there
