Rise and Fall of Athens

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 Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. 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 Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Translated with an Introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert Introduction Theseus Solon Themistocles Aristides Cimon Pericles Nicias Alcibiades Lysander Maps ...

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• Authors: Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert
• Assisted by: Ian Scott-Kilvert (Introduction), Scott-Kilvert Ian (Introduction), Ian S. Kilvert (Translation), Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translation), Scott-Kilvert Ian (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.1973
• EAN: 9780140441024
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044102-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Collected biographies, Biography: historical, political & military, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Classical texts, Biography: historical, political and military, Ancient, classical and medieval texts