Greek Lives

by Charles Edward Byles and Plutarch

Book Overview

"I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest." Here, Plutarch introduces the major figures and periods of classical Greece, detailing the lives of nine personages, including Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Cimon, Alexander, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, and Agesilaus. Oxford presents the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YXRVXU
• ISBN13: 9780199540051
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 5.2"