Plutarch on Sparta

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Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings, Plutarch depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regimen of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Plutarch's writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta. Revised edition includes a new introduction, a new essay on Plutarch, notes, a glossary, u…

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Title Statements

Full title :Plutarch on Sparta / translated with introduction and notes by Richard J.A. Talbert ; with series preface by Christopher Pelling.

Summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.
Edition:Revised edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:London, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

Notes

Previous edition: 1988.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxix, 264 pages : : maps ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0140449434, 9780140449433
oclc:ocm60666950
LC Classification:PA4374.A2
Dewey Decimal:938.9

Lives. Lycurgus ; Agesilaus ; Agis ; Cleomenes -- Sayings. Sayings of Spartans ; Sayings of Spartan women -- Appendix: Spartan society / Xenophon.

Subjects

Biographies Classical biography collective biographies Grèce -- Biographies Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city) Greek prose literature -- Translations … Plutarch Sparta (Extinct city) Sparte (Ville ancienne) -- Ouvrages ava… Translations Translations into English