Description
| Product ID: | 9780140449358 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Age of Alexander |
| Authors: | Author: Plutarch, Timothy Duff, Ian Scott-Kilvert, Timothy Duff |
| Page Count: | 672 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greece, BCE to c 500 CE |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures in Greek history, such as the orator Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, as well as lesser known figures such as Plato's pupil Dion of Syracuse. The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and have exerted a profound influence on writers and statesmen since the Renaissance, most notably Shakespeare. This selection of ten biographies spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures in Greek history, such as the orator Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, as well as lesser known figures such as Plato''s pupil Dion of Syracuse. Each Life is an important work of literature in itself, but taken together they provide a vivid picture of the Greek world during a period that saw the collapse of Spartan power, the rise of Macedonia, the conquests of Alexander and the wars of his successors. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-03-01 |