The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives

The nine Lives in this selection trace a crucial phase in ancient history. Plutarch's Lives of the great Greek statesmen amd men of action were designed to pair with the now better-known Roman portraits and contain many of his finest descriptions of war, revolution and heroic achievement. Agesilaus, Pelopidas, Dion, Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander, Demetrius, Pyrrhus