In the afterword, the translator writes::. “I see Plutarch as kind, intelligent (though not wise), experienced, and benevolent — most importantly, benevolent! — a grandfather who willingly, perhaps even too willingly, reveals to his children and grandchildren the inexhaustible storehouses of his memory and erudition …,” he said............ This is the grandfather-storyteller I hoped to introduce to you, a favorable reader, ”and devotes his work to the memory of his father, the poet Peretz Markish . The text contains a large number of diacritics, as well as a huge number of footnotes and reference passages, so Cool. reader programs are recommended for reading this book. Reader3 or Al. Reader2, in which this file was tested.