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Penguin Classics (1960), Paperback, 320 pages, 1976 edition
Description
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
The nines lives translated here start with Theseus the legendary hero, and end with Lysander, the Spartan General who pulled down the walls of Athens to the sound of flutes, to signify the end of the Peloponnesian War. Ian Scot-Kilverts wrinting flows well. The Penguin series of Plutarch's Lives
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does not contain all the Biographies, and doesn't have the essays explaining the chosen lives that one finds in the Dryden translation found in the "Great Books of the Western World Series. If you want completeness, go there. Use this smaller book for a themed read. Show Less
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1960
2nd Century CE (early)
Physical description
320 p.; 5.08 x 0.63 inches
ISBN
0140441026 / 9780140441024