The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives

by Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translator), Ian Scott-Kilvert (Introduction)

Overview

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.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140441024
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/30/1960
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	345,180
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered conscientious service to his province and city (where he continued to live), as well as holding a priesthood at nearby Delphi. His voluminous surviving writings are broadly divided into the "moral"works and the Parallel Lives of outstanding Greek and Roman leaders. The former (Moralia) are a mixture of rhetorical and antiquarian pieces, together with technical and moral philosophy (sometimes in dialogue form). The Lives have been influential from the Renaissance onwards.

Table of Contents

Translated with an Introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert

Introduction
Theseus
Solon
Themistocles
Aristides
Cimon
Pericles
Nicias
Alcibiades
Lysander

Maps