The Rise and Fall of Athens
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Writing at the turn of the first century A.D., Plutarch intentionally blended two cultures in his parallel lives of Greek and Roman heroes. The nine lives of Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, Lysander, illustrate the rise and fall of Athens from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, to the age of Pericles and the razing of its walls by Lysander. The volume forms a companion to, Plutarch's "Fall of the Roman Republic" and "Makers of Rome" Penguin Classics. However unreliable in places, Plutarch's readable accounts have necessarily been a prime source of much historical knowledge.Context
Plutarch (born AD 46, Chaeronea, Boeotia [Greece]—died after Ad 119) was a biographer and author whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century.Category
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