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Plutarch
by The Age of Alexander
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0140442863
- ISBN 13
- 9780140442861
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About This Item
New York. 1973. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140442863. Translated from the Latin by Ian Scott-Kilvert. 443 pages. paperback. The cover shows a posthumous portrait of Alexander the Great on a tetradrachm of Lysimachus of the third century B.C. keywords: Penguin Classic Paperback Latin Translated History Literature Roman. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Plutarch's Lives of the great Greek statesmen and men of action were designed to pair with the now Roman portraits and contain many of his finest descriptions of war. revolution and heroic achievement. The nine Lives in this selection trace a crucial phase in ancient history, from the collapse of Athens to the rise of Macedonia. They include studies of Demosthenes and Phocion, the leading Athenian orators; of Agesilaus, the Spartan king, and Pelopidas, the Theban military hero: of Dion and Timoleon. the liberators' of Sicily: and above all. of three generals - Demetrius the Besieger', Pyrrhus and Alexander the Great. inventory #29455 ISBN: 0140442863.
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- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29455
- Title
- Plutarch
- Author
- The Age of Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140442863
- ISBN 13
- 9780140442861
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1973-09-30
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...