The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by Ian Scott-Kilvert, Plutarch

The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives

Ian Scott-Kilvert, Plutarch

320 pages first pub 100 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Plutarch's Greek Lives can be seen as a summing up of the classical Greek age and its great writers.The nine Lives translated here and arranged in chronological order follow the history of Athens from the legendary times of Theseus, the city's fou...

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