Hellenistic Lives

by Plutarch and Andrew Erskine

Book Overview

Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch's biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01I8AKJ54
• ISBN13: 9780199664337
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 5.1"