Sparta In Plutarch S Lives

Author : Philip Davies,Edith Mossman
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910589861

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Sparta in Plutarch's Lives by Philip Davies,Edith Mossman Pdf

Plutarch (born before AD 50, died after AD 120) is the ancient author who has arguably contributed more than any other to the popular conception of Sparta. Writing under the Roman Empire, at a time when the glory days of ancient Sparta were already long in the past, Plutarch represents a milestone in Sparta's mythologisation, but at the same time is a vital source for our historical understanding of Sparta. In this volume, eight scholars from around the world come together to consider Plutarch's understanding and presentation of Sparta, his flaws and significance as an historical source, and his development of Sparta as a resonant subject and theme within his bestknown work, the Parallel Lives. This book is the latest in a series which the Classical Press of Wales is publishing on major sources for Sparta. Volumes on Xenophon and Sparta (Powell & Richer 2020) and Thucydides and Sparta (Powell & Debnar 2021) have already been released, and a further volume on Herodotus and Sparta is currently in preparation

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141925509

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On Sparta by Plutarch Pdf

Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who also disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regime of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Rich in anecdote and detail, Plutarch's writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta with unparalleled flair and humanity.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0140444637

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Plutarch on Sparta by Plutarch Pdf

Two more of Plutarch's lives, covering the careers of the Spartan kings, Agis and Cleomenes.

Author : Hugh Liebert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107148789

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Plutarch's Politics by Hugh Liebert Pdf

Recasts Plutarch's Lives as a work of political philosophy emerging from the imperial encounter of Greece and Rome.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Greece
ISBN : 0999146688

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The Lawgivers by Plutarch Pdf

Volume 1 in a series of translations of Plutarch's Parallel Live from the translators of Marcus Aurelius "Meditations."

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015062630986

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On Sparta by Plutarch Pdf

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 training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Plutarch's writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta. Revised edition includes a new introduction , a new essay on Plutarch, notes, a glossary, updated further reading, and an index.

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199880997

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Spartan Women by Sarah B. Pomeroy Pdf

This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, covering over a thousand years in the history of women from both the elite and lower classes. Classicist Sarah B. Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the world of these elusive though much noticed females. Sparta has always posed a challenge to ancient historians because information about the society is relatively scarce. Most existing scholarship on Sparta concerns the military history of the city and its heavily male-dominated social structure--almost as if there were no women in Sparta. Yet perhaps the most famous of mythic Greek women, Menelaus' wife Helen, the cause of the Trojan War, was herself a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women reconstructs the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Proceeding through the archaic, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, Spartan Women includes discussions of education, family life, reproduction, religion, and athletics.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Vigeo Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1948648113

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Sayings of the Spartans by Plutarch Pdf

In this compilation from Plutarch's Moralia of famous sayings from over sixty Spartans we are shown that not were these ancients brave warriors in battle but had a complete philosophy of life which guided all their actions. Include all 372 footnotes.

Author : P. Giles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107693067

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Plutarch's Lives by P. Giles Pdf

Originally published in 1921, this book contains an English translation by Sir Thomas North of two pairs of Plutarch's famous Lives, specifically the biographical comparisons of Timoleon with Paulus Aemelius, and Agis and Cleomenes with the Gracchi. Giles also provides an introduction on Plutarch, North, and Jacques Amyot, whose French translation of the Lives provided the basis for North's own rendering into English. This book will be of value to anyone with and interest in Plutarch and the historical transmission of his work.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1778
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022870863

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Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch Pdf

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Greece
ISBN : 1505387515

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The Complete Collection of Plutarch's Parallel Lives by Plutarch Pdf

Plutarch, later named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, c. 46 - 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. Plutarch lived most of his life at Chaeronea, and his duties as the senior of the two priests of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi (where he was responsible for interpreting the auguries of the Pythia) apparently occupied little of his time. He led an active social and civic life while producing an extensive body of writing, much of which survived. By his writings and lectures Plutarch became a celebrity in the Roman Empire. At his country estate, guests from all over the empire congregated for serious conversation, presided over by Plutarch in his marble chair. Many of these dialogues were recorded and published, and the 78 essays and other works which have survived are now known collectively as the Moralia. Plutarch's best-known work is the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues and vices. The surviving Lives contain 23 pairs, each with one Greek Life and one Roman Life, as well as four unpaired single Lives. Some of the Lives, such as those of Heracles, Philip II of Macedon and Scipio Africanus, no longer exist; many of the remaining Lives are truncated, contain obvious lacunae or have been tampered with by later writers. Extant Lives include those on Aristides, Pericles, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Cato the Younger, Mark Antony, and Marcus Junius Brutus, all of which are included here.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015011044289

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Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026103179

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Grecian Section. Plutarch's Lives. Langhorne Translation. Text and Notes Complete, and Revised by Anonim Pdf

Author : Plutarch,John Langhorne,William Langhorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1794
Category : Greece
ISBN : OXFORD:400445654

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Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch,John Langhorne,William Langhorne Pdf

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Greece
ISBN : HARVARD:HNAJW5

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Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch Pdf