Details

Subject(s)

• Greece—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Translator

• Waterfield, Robin, 1952- [Browse]

Related name

• Erskine, Andrew [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Series

Oxford world's classics [More in this series]

Summary note

This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch's biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute a uniquely important source for the period.

Notes

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Alexander
• Demosthenes
• Phocion
• Eumenes
• Demetrius
• Pyrrhus
• Aratus
• Agis and Cleomenes
• Philopoemen and Flamininus.

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ISBN

• 9780199664337 (pbk.)
• 0199664331 (pbk.)

OCLC

935682285

RCP

H - S

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