Hellenistic Lives: Including Alexander The Great (Oxford World'S Classics)

This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch's biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute a uniquely important source for the period

• | Author: Plutarch
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 14, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 577 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0199664331
• | ISBN-13: 9780199664337