The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives

Plutarch; Scott-Kilvert, Ian; Ian Scott-Kilvert [Translator]; Ian Scott-Kilvert [Introduction];

ISBN 10: 0140441026 / ISBN 13: 9780140441024

Published by Penguin Classics, 1960

Seller Inventory # 0140441026-3-22277198

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good