The Rise and Fall of Athens (Penguin Classics) (original 1960; edition 1973)

by Plutarch (Author), Ian Scott-Kilvert (Introduction), Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translator)

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Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.… (more)

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Title:	The Rise and Fall of Athens (Penguin Classics)
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The Rise And Fall Of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch (1960)

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The nines lives translated here start with Theseus the legendary hero, and end with Lysander, the Spartan General who pulled down the walls of Athens to the sound of flutes, to signify the end of the Peloponnesian War. Ian Scot-Kilverts wrinting flows well. The Penguin series of Plutarch's Lives does not contain all the Biographies, and doesn't have the essays explaining the chosen lives that one finds in the Dryden translation found in the "Great Books of the Western World Series. If you want completeness, go there. Use this smaller book for a themed read. (

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DinadansFriend | Oct 25, 2013 |

The nine lives translated here and arranged in chronical order follow the history of Athens.

HanoarHatzioni | Jun 8, 2009 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Plutarch	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Scott-Kilvert, Ian	Translator	main author	some editions	confirmed
Radice, Betty	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Rise And Fall Of Athens: Nine Greek Lives

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Βίοι Παράλληλοι

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1960

2nd Century CE (early)

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(Introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert): Sir Thomas North entitled his great translation of Plutarch The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans.

You know, Sosius Senecio, how geographers, when they come to deal with those parts of the earth which know nothing about, crowd them into the margins of their maps with the explanation, 'Beyond this lie sandy waterless deserts full of wild beasts,' or 'trackless swamps,' or 'Scythian snows,' or 'ice-locked sea.'

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Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Collects the lives of Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lysander.

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