PLUTARCH: GREEK LIVES; A Selection of Nine Greek Lives

Plutarch; Robin Waterfield & Philip A. Stadter

ISBN 10: 0192825011 / ISBN 13: 9780192825018

Published by Oxford University Press, 1998

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Minor shelfwear.; Oxford World's Classics; 7.6 X 1 X 5 inches; 528 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PLUTARCH: GREEK LIVES; A Selection of Nine Greek Lives
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192825011
• ISBN 13: 9780192825018
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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 most comprehensive selection available, superbly translated and accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps, and indexes.

About the Author

Philip A Stadter is Falk Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.