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On Sparta
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Plutarch
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-05-26 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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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 c
Sparta in Plutarch's Lives
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Philip Davies
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-01 - Publisher: Classical Press of Wales

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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. Writ
Plutarch's Politics
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Hugh Liebert
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-08 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Plutarch's Lives were once treasured. Today they are studied by classicists, known vaguely, if at all, by the educated public, and are virtually unknown to stud
Sayings of the Spartans
Language: en
Pages: 102
Authors: Plutarch
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03 - Publisher: Vigeo Press

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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 ha
Sparta
Language: en
Pages: 451
Authors: Stephen Hodkinson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-31 - Publisher: Classical Press of Wales

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The history of Sparta is increasingly seen as important, not only for its own sake but also for understanding Athenian literature and the political history of n