Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of their remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings, h
On Sparta (Penguin Classics)
β Scribed by Plutarch
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- en-jm
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Edition
- Rev. ed. /
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0141925507
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β¦ Synopsis
Lives: Lycurgus ; Agesilaus ; Agis ; Cleomenes -- Sayings: Sayings of Spartans ; Sayings of Spartan women -- Appendix: Spartan society / Xenophon.
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