โ Scribed by Plutarch
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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'.;Artaxerxes -- Pelopidas -- Dion -- Timoleon -- Demosthenes -- Phocion -- Alexander -- Eumenes -- Demetrius -- Pyrrhus.
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The nine Lives in this selection trace a crucial phase in ancient history. Plutarch's Lives of the great Greek statesmen and men of action were designed to pair with the now better-known Roman portraits and contain many of his finest descriptions of war, revolution and heroic achievement.They includ
The nine Lives in this selection trace a crucial phase in ancient history. Plutarch's Lives of the great Greek statesmen and men of action were designed to pair with the now better-known Roman portraits and contain many of his finest descriptions of war, revolution and heroic achievement.They includ
Alexander -- Demosthenes -- Phocion -- Eumenes -- Demetrius -- Pyrrhus -- Aratus -- Agis and Cleomenes -- Philopoemen and Flamininus.;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 Rom
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