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]

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Plutarch [Author]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Books, [(c)2012.Edition: Revised editionDescription: xxxvii, 625 pages : maps ; 20 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0140449353
9780140449358

Uniform titles:

Lives. English. Selections

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LOC classification:

DF208.A449.P588 2012
DF208.S425.A346 2012

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Contents:

Artaxerxes ; 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	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'. Link to source of summary

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Translated from the Latin.

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