The nine Greek lives : Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, Lysander Plutarch creator author. Scott-Kilvert, Ian translator. Scott-Kilvert, Ian. text biography Biographies. enk 1984 monographic eng gre

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318 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : maps ; 18 cm. Writing at the turn of the first century A.D., Plutarch intentionally blended two cultures in his parallel lives of Greek and Roman heroes. The nine biographies chosen for this modern translation by Iaan Scott-Kilvert illustrate the rise and fall of Athens from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, to the age of Pericles and the razing of its walls by Lysander. The volume forms a companion to Plutarch's Fall of the Roman Republic and Makers of Rome (in the Penguin Classics). However readable accounts have necessarily been a prime source of much historical knowledge--from back cover. Introduction -- Thesus -- Solon -- Themistocles -- Aristides -- Cimon -- Pericles by Plutarch ; translated with an introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert. e-gr--- Greece Biography DE7 P74 63005876 720912 20241126134553.0 ocn808176499 eng