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The age of Alexander : ten Greek lives / by Plutarch ; translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert and Timothy E. Duff ; introductions and notes by Timothy E. Duff ; with series preface by Christopher Pelling. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Books, (c)2012.Edition: Revisedition. editionDescription: xxxvii, 625 pages : maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780140449358
Uniform titles:
  • Lives. English. Selections
LOC classification:
  • DF208.S425.A346 2012
  • DF208
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Contents:
Pelopidas -- Dion -- Timoleon -- Demosthenes -- Phocion -- Alexander -- Eumenes -- Demetrius -- Pyrrhus.
Summary: 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'.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION DF208.A449.P588 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001734116

"Timothy Duff's revised version of Ian Scott-Kilvert's translations is accompanied by a new general introduction, and introductions and notes to each Life [c2012.. He has also added two Lives previously not included: Artaxerxes I, Great King of Persia from 405 to 359 BC, and Eumenes of Cardia, one of Alexander's officers."--Page 4 of cover.

Originally published: 1973.

Includes bibliographical references.

Artaxerxes -- Pelopidas -- Dion -- Timoleon -- Demosthenes -- Phocion -- Alexander -- Eumenes -- Demetrius -- Pyrrhus.

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'.

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