Plutarch: Greek Lives (abridged)
Read by Nicholas Farrell and Steve Hodson
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Plutarch: Introduction
Introduction
Plutarch's desire to make his subject's 'habit of mind understood'
Plutarch: Lycurgus (6th or 7th Century BC)
Lycurgus (6th or 7th Century BC)
Soon after, an overture was made to him by the queen,
From Crete he sailed to Asia
Plutarch: Themistocles (527-460 BC)
Themistocles (527-460 BC)
It is said that Themistocles
He went beyound all men in the passion for distinction
Plutarch: Pericles (495-429 BC)
Pericles (495-429 BC)
For this man, Pericles entertained an extraordinary esteem
He immediately entered
Plutarch: Alcibiades (450-404 BC)
Alcibiades (450-404 BC)
Unawares to himself
Whilst he was very young
Plutarch: Lysander (439-395 BC)
Lysander (439-395 BC)
Understanding that Cyrus, the king's son
But to those who loved honest and noble behaviour
Plutarch: Alexander (356-323 BC)
Alexander (356-323 BC)
The statues that gave the best representation of Alexander's person
The care of his education, as it might be presumed
Plutarch: Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
As soon, therefore, as he was grown up to man's estate
Whence then, may some say
Plutarch: Pyrrhus (329-272 BC)
Pyrrhus (329-272 BC)
When he was twelve years old
From this time he began to revolve many and vast projects in his thoughts