Greek Lives

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191605079

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Greek Lives by Plutarch Pdf

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.

Author : Benjamin L. Merkle,Robert L. Plummer
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410248

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Greek for Life by Benjamin L. Merkle,Robert L. Plummer Pdf

Learning Greek is one thing. Retaining it and using it in preaching, teaching, and ministry is another. In this volume, two master teachers with nearly forty years of combined teaching experience inspire readers to learn, retain, and use Greek for ministry, setting them on a lifelong journey of reading and loving the Greek New Testament. Designed to accompany a beginning or intermediate Greek grammar, this book offers practical guidance, inspiration, and motivation; presents methods not usually covered in other textbooks; and surveys helpful resources for recovering Greek after a long period of disuse. It also includes devotional thoughts from the Greek New Testament. The book will benefit anyone who is taking (or has taken) a year of New Testament Greek.

Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300107692

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Greek Gods, Human Lives by Mary R. Lefkowitz Pdf

Insightful and fun, this new guide to an ancient mythology explains why the Greek gods and goddesses are still so captivating to us, revisiting the work of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and Shakespeare in search of the essence of these stories. (Mythology & Folklore)

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781802067293

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The Rise And Fall of Athens by Plutarch Pdf

Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? For Plutarch the answer lay not in great victories, but in moral strengths. In these nine biographies, taken from his Parallel Lives, Plutarch illustrates the rise and fall of Athens through nine lives, 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. Plutarch ultimately held the weaknesses of its leaders responsible for the city's fall. His work is invaluable for its imaginative reconstruction of the past, and profound insights into human life and achievement. This edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation, fully revised with a new introduction and notes by John Marincola, now also contains Plutarch's attack on the first historian, 'On the Malice of Herodotus'.

Author : Maarit Kivilo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004193284

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Early Greek Poets' Lives by Maarit Kivilo Pdf

This book examines the formation and development of the biographical traditions about early Greek poets, focusing on the traditions of Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander and Sappho. The study provides a detailed overview of the traditions and chronographical material about these poets and seeks to clarify who were the creators of the particular traditions; what were the sources; when the traditions were formed; and to what extent they are shaped by formulaic themes and story-patterns. It challenges several mainstream assumptions on the subject, for example, that the traditions were formed mainly in the Post-Classical period; that the only significant source for the legends is the works of the particular poet; and that the poets were perceived as “new heroes.”

Author : M. Pohlenz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1966-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9027700095

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Freedom in Greek Life and Thought by M. Pohlenz Pdf

Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781472503084

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The Lives of the Greek Poets by Mary R. Lefkowitz Pdf

Mary R. Lefkowitz has extensively revised and rewritten her classic study to introduce a new generation of students to the lives of the Greek poets. Thoroughly updated with references to the most recent scholarship, this second edition includes new material and fresh analysis of the ancient biographies of Greece's most famous poets. With little or no independent historical information to draw on, ancient writers searched for biographical data in the poets' own works and in comic poetry about them. Lefkowitz describes how biographical mythology was created and offers a sympathetic account of how individual biographers reconstructed the poets' lives. She argues that the life stories of Greek poets, even though primarily fictional, still merit close consideration, as they provide modern readers with insight into ancient notions about the creative process and the purpose of poetic composition.

Author : Finley Hooper
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 0814315976

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Greek Realities by Finley Hooper Pdf

A history of ancient Greek life and thought from the Mycenaean kings to Alexander, Aristotle and Diogenes.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1603848460

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Plutarch by Plutarch Pdf

Although Plutarch did not intend his Lives as a historical record, they sometimes furnish the best account we have of events in classical Greece. In many instances they are the only account available to those exploring ancient history through primary sources. In this compilation from Plutarch's Greek Lives, James Romm gathers the material of greatest historical significance from fifteen biographies, ranging from Theseus in earliest times to Phocion in the late fourth century BCE. While preserving the outlines of Plutarch's character portraits, Romm focuses on the central stories of classical Greece: the rivalry between Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, the rise of Macedon, andthe conflicts between these European states and the Achaemenid Persian empire. Bridging Plutarch's gaps with concise summaries, Romm creates a coherent narrative of the classical Greek world. This edition features the elegant new translation of Pamela Mensch. Footnotes provide the historical context often omitted by Plutarch and plentiful and detailed cross-references. Also included are a bibliography, maps, a chronological chart, a glossary, and an index.

Author : Sheramy D. Bundrick
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780299321000

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Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery by Sheramy D. Bundrick Pdf

A lucrative trade in Athenian pottery flourished from the early sixth until the late fifth century B.C.E., finding an eager market in Etruria. Most studies of these painted vases focus on the artistry and worldview of the Greeks who made them, but Sheramy D. Bundrick shifts attention to their Etruscan customers, ancient trade networks, and archaeological contexts. Thousands of Greek painted vases have emerged from excavations of tombs, sanctuaries, and settlements throughout Etruria, from southern coastal centers to northern communities in the Po Valley. Using documented archaeological assemblages, especially from tombs in southern Etruria, Bundrick challenges the widely held assumption that Etruscans were hellenized through Greek imports. She marshals evidence to show that Etruscan consumers purposefully selected figured pottery that harmonized with their own local needs and customs, so much so that the vases are better described as etruscanized. Athenian ceramic workers, she contends, learned from traders which shapes and imagery sold best to the Etruscans and employed a variety of strategies to maximize artistry, output, and profit.

Author : Renée Hirschon Philippakis
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800739895

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Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe by Renée Hirschon Philippakis Pdf

Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe is a landmark work in the areas of anthropology and migration studies. Since its first publication in 1989, this classic study has remained in demand. The third edition is published to mark the centenary of the 1923 Lausanne Convention which led to the movement of some 1.5 million persons between Greece and Turkey at the conclusion of their war. It includes updated material with a new Preface, Afterword by Ayhan Aktar, and map of the wider region. The new Preface provides the context in which the original research took place, assesses its innovative aspects and explores the dimensions of history and identity which are predominant themes in the book.

Author : Robert Garland
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 071562377X

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The Greek Way of Life by Robert Garland Pdf

The Greek Way of Life is a survey of the major life experiences which constituted the social reality of classical Greece, broken down into the general topics of conception and pregnancy, birth, childhood, coming of age, early adulthood, and elders and the elderly. What emerges is a conception of the human being as a social animal par excellence whose nature was largely realised in the attainment of paradigmatic social roles: military service for men and childbearing for women. Among the subtopics are Greek medical ideas, the roles of women and children, marriage, care of the elderly, and the role of religious ideas. An engaging narrative and a useful sourcebook, this will appeal to both general readers and scholars.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Greece
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3M1D

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Greek Lives from Plutarch by Plutarch Pdf

Author : Plutarch,John Langhorne,William Langhorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Greece
ISBN : UCLA:31158003197190

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Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek by Plutarch,John Langhorne,William Langhorne Pdf

Author : Arthur Hugh Clough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022897018

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Plutarch's Lives. The Translation Called Dryden's. Corrected from the Greek and Revised by A.H. Clough by Arthur Hugh Clough Pdf