Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? For Plutarch the answer lay not in great victories, but in moral strengths. In these nine biographies, taken from his Parallel Lives, Plutarch illustrates the rise and fall of Athens through nine lives, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias and Alcibiades, to the razing of its ...
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Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? For Plutarch the answer lay not in great victories, but in moral strengths. In these nine biographies, taken from his Parallel Lives, Plutarch illustrates the rise and fall of Athens through nine lives, 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. Plutarch ultimately held the weaknesses of its leaders responsible for the city's fall. His work is invaluable for its imaginative reconstruction of the past, and profound insights into human life and achievement. This edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation, fully revised with a new introduction and notes by John Marincola, now also contains Plutarch's attack on the first historian, 'On the Malice of Herodotus'.
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Raymond Hawthorn. Fine. No jacket. Fine condition. The Folio Society, 1960. First Folio Society edition. Large format green hardback(gilt illustrations on the front and back cover, gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks and scratch on the cover) with tan slip case(a couple of small nicks on the edges of the slip case), both in fine condition. Illustrated with the map of Greece inside the front and back cover, b/w drawings, maps. The book is new with light shelf wear. Translated with an introduction and commentary by Ian Scott and Kilvert Wood. Illustrations by Raymond Hawthorn.343pp including Appendices I to IV. Heavy book.
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Hawthorn, Raymond. Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt decoration on covers and gilt title on spine. Maps as end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w woodcuts.
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Hawthorn, Raymond. Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition thus this Folio Society edition reprinted after the Penguin edition of 1960, large 8vo, 343pp, translated and with an introduction and commentary by Ian Scott-Kilvert, wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn, ; somewhat musty-smelling from storage that would probably drift away with life in a civilised surrounding, o/w VG Copy in VG Slipcase.
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Fine. B-format paperback. Intended for college/higher education audience. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Translation by Ian Scott-Kilvert. Wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, slipcase. 343pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Bit of soiling to pp. 8-9, else near fine. A tight, attractive second printing of this publisher's 1967 edition.
