The Age of Alexander - Paperback
by Plutarch
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Availability:In StockContributor:Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translator), Timothy E. Duff (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-05-29Pages:480
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140449358ISBN-10:140449353UPC:9780140449358Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, AncientBook Topic:Greece, RomeSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCGDH2Q14G
The Age of Alexander
Plutarch's influential writings on the ancient world
Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by countless writers since the Renaissance. This selection provides intimate glimpses into the lives of these men, revealing why the mild Artaxerxes forced the killer of his usurping brother to undergo the horrific "death...
Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by countless writers since the Renaissance. This selection provides intimate glimpses into the lives of these men, revealing why the mild Artaxerxes forced the killer of his usurping brother to undergo the horrific "death...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140449358ISBN-10:140449353UPC:9780140449358Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, AncientBook Topic:Greece, RomeSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCGDH2Q14G
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...
Publisher: Penguin Group
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Revised Edition
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Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translator), Timothy E. Duff (Translator)
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