num_pages: 528
description: Here, Plutarch introduces the major figures and periods of classical Greece, detailing the lives of nine personages, including Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Cimon, Alexander, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, and Agesilaus. Oxford presents the most comprehensive selection available, superblytranslated and accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps, and indexes.
language: English
title: Greek Lives
titlecomplete: Greek Lives
genres: Classics, Historical, History, Philosophy, Ancient History, Biography, Greece, Ancient, Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 306
places: Sparta, Athens
publisher: Oxford University Press