The Age of Alexander

Informationen zum Autor Plutarch ( c . AD 45-120), the Greek philosopher, lived at the height of the Roman Empire and is author of one of the largest and collections of writings to have survived from Classical antiquity. His work is traditionally divided into two: the Moralia , which include a vast range of philosophical, scientific, moral and rhetorical works, and the Lives or biographies. Almost fifty such biographies survive, most from his collection of Parallel Lives , in which biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen are arranged in pairs. Klappentext Plutarch's influential writings on the ancient world Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by countless writers since the Renaissance. This selection provides intimate glimpses into the lives of these men, revealing why the mild Artaxerxes forced the killer of his usurping brother to undergo the horrific "death of two boats"; why the noble Dion repeatedly risked his life for the ungrateful mobs of Syracuse; why Demosthenes delivered a funeral oration for the soldiers he had deserted in battle; and why Alexander self-destructed after conquering half the world. 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. Zusammenfassung Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures in Greek history, such as the orator Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, as well as lesser known figures such as Plato's pupil Dion of Syracuse....

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• Authors: Timothy Duff, Timothy E. Duff, Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert
• Assisted by: Timothy Duff (Editor), Duff Timothy (Editor), Timothy Duff (Introduction), Timothy E. Duff (Introduction), Duff Timothy (Introduction), Timothy Duff (Translation), Timothy E. Duff (Translation), Duff Timothy (Translation), Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translation), Scott-Kilvert Ian (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780140449358
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044935-8
• No. of pages: 625
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, Ancient Greece, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts