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Book Plutarch s Lives  Life of Alcibiades

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives Life of Alcibiades written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plutarch s Life of Alcibiades

Download or read book Plutarch s Life of Alcibiades written by Simon Verdegem and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the second century C.E., Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote a series of pairs of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. Their purpose is moral: the reader is invited to reflect on important ethical issues and to use the example of these great men from the past to improve his or her own conduct. This book off ers the first full-scale commentary on the Life of Alcibiades. It examines how Plutarch's biography of one of classical Athens' most controversial politicians functions within the moral program of the Parallel Lives. Built upon the narratological distinction between story and text, Simon Verdegem's analysis, which involves detailed comparisons with other Plutarchan works (especially the Lives of Nicias and Lysander) and several key texts in the Alcibiades tradition (e.g., Plato, Thucydides, and Xenophon), demonstrates how Plutarch carefully constructed his story and used a wide range of narrative techniques to create a complex Life that raises interesting questions about the relation between private morality and the common good.

Book Two Treatises of Government

Download or read book Two Treatises of Government written by John Locke and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plutarch s Lives

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives written by Plutarch and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 1994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These forty-eight biographies by the ancient Greek scholar demonstrate the parallel lives of famous rulers such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. A Greek priest of Delphi who acquired Roman citizenship later in life, Plutarch undertook his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans to demonstrate the influence of character on the fates of famous men. He also wished to show that the legacy and achievements of his native Greece were no less impressive than those of Rome. Today, the surviving text represents a treasure trove of information and insights into some of the ancient world’s most significant personalities. A major source of material for William Shakespeare’s history plays, Plutarch’sLives draws parallels between Pericles and Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Lysander and Sulla, Demetrius and Mark Antony,; among many others.

Book Plutarch s Lives of Alcibiades   Coriolanus  Aristides   Cato the Censor

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives of Alcibiades Coriolanus Aristides Cato the Censor written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plutarch s Lives

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  • Author : Plutarch
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1834
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 544 pages

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plutarch s Lives of Illustrious Men   to which is Prefixed a Life of Plutarch

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives of Illustrious Men to which is Prefixed a Life of Plutarch written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plutarch s Lives

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  • Author : Plutarch
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1769
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 478 pages

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Six of Plutarch s Greek Lives  Nicias  Alcibiades

Download or read book Six of Plutarch s Greek Lives Nicias Alcibiades written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life of Alcibiades

Download or read book The Life of Alcibiades written by Jacqueline de Romilly and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450–404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story and a cautionary tale that reveals the dangers that political opportunism and demagoguery pose to democracy. As Jacqueline de Romilly brilliantly documents, Alcibiades's life is one of wanderings and vicissitudes, promises and disappointments, brilliant successes and ruinous defeats. Born into a wealthy and powerful family in Athens, Alcibiades was a student of Socrates and disciple of Pericles, and he seemed destined to dominate the political life of his city—and his tumultuous age. Romilly shows, however, that he was too ambitious. Haunted by financial and sexual intrigues and political plots, Alcibiades was exiled from Athens, sentenced to death, recalled to his homeland, only to be exiled again. He defected from Athens to Sparta and from Sparta to Persia and then from Persia back to Athens, buffeted by scandal after scandal, most of them of his own making. A gifted demagogue and, according to his contemporaries, more handsome than the hero Achilles, Alcibiades is also a strikingly modern figure, whose seductive celebrity and dangerous ambition anticipated current crises of leadership.

Book Plutarch s Lives  Themistocles  Camillus  Pericles  Fabius  Alcibiades

Download or read book Plutarch s Lives Themistocles Camillus Pericles Fabius Alcibiades written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lives

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  • Author : Plutarch
  • Publisher : Loeb Classical Library
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780674990890
  • Pages : 467 pages

Download or read book Lives written by Plutarch and published by Loeb Classical Library. This book was released on 2000 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military leaders.

Book Plutarch s lives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Plutarchus
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

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Book Greek Lives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Plutarch
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 1998-11-05
  • ISBN : 0191605077
  • Pages : 528 pages

Download or read book Greek Lives written by Plutarch and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-11-05 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the nine lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Greece. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also implicitly to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power. In prose that is rich, elegant and sprinkled with learned references, he explores with an extraordinary degree of insight the interplay of character and political action. While drawing chiefly on historical sources, he brings to biography a natural story-teller's ear for a good anecdote. Throughout the ages Plutarch's Lives have been valued for their historical value and their charm. This new translation will introduce new generations to his urbane erudition. The most comprehensive selection available, it is accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps and indexes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Book Six Of Plutarch s Greek Lives  Nicias  Alcibiades

Download or read book Six Of Plutarch s Greek Lives Nicias Alcibiades written by Plutarch and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: