ENGLISHLATIN

The age of Alexander : ten Greek lives

By Duff , Ian , Tim; Plutarch.; Scott-Kilvert

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Year
2011
ISBN
978-0-14-197038-7, 0141970383
Language
englishlatin
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1108052 bytes)
Series
Penguin classics
Edition
Revised edition
Pages
625\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.;Greece

Description

Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature. This selection provides intimate glimpses into the lives of these men, depicting, as he put it, 'those actions which illuminate the workings of the soul'. Abstract: Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures in Greek history, such as the orator Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, as well as lesser known figures such as Plato's pupil Dion of Syracuse. Read more... Content: Artaxerxes -- Pelopidas -- Dion -- Timoleon -- Demosthenes -- Phocion -- Alexander -- Eumenes -- Demetrius -- Pyrrhus.

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