Availability:In StockContributor:Plutarch, Richard J. a. Talbert (Translator), Richard J. a. Talbert (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-12-27Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140449433ISBN-10:140449434UPC:9780140449433Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Anthropology, Customs & TraditionsBook Topic:Greece, Cultural & SocialSize:7.76 x 5.18 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCWV0EDQAM
On Sparta
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, he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140449433ISBN-10:140449434UPC:9780140449433Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Anthropology, Customs & TraditionsBook Topic:Greece, Cultural & SocialSize:7.76 x 5.18 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCWV0EDQAM
Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered...
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