Plutarch on Sparta
by Plutarch, Plutarch, Pelling, C. B. R., Xenophon
fromPenguin classics
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 tra…
Vies
by Plutarch, Chambry, Émile, Irigoin, Jean, Flacelière, Robert, Juneaux, Marcel, Simon, Edouard
fromCollection des universites de France
Les vies des hommes illustres
by Plutarque, Amyot, Jacques, Walter, Gérard
fromBibliothèque de la Pléiade
Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
"Classics scholar and master storyteller J. Rufus Fears examines a gallery of fascinating characters who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome"--Teaching Co. Web site.
The rise and fall of Athens: nine Greek lives
by Plutarch, Scott-Kilvert, Ian
fromPenguin classics