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The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives

by Plutarch · 100 · 448 pages

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The nine Livesin this selection trace a crucial phase in ancient history.

Plutarch's Livesof the great Greek statesmen amd men of action were designed to pair with the now better-known Roman portraits and contain many of his finest descriptions of war, revolution and heroic achievement.

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Agesilaus, Pelopidas, Dion, Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander, Demetrius, Pyrrhus

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Subject
historybiographyphilosophymemoir
Genre
ancient romeancient worldhistorical fiction
Themes
history
Setting
ancient historyancient greeceantiquityancient romegreece
Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages

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