Plutarch on Sparta (Penguin Classics)
224 pages1988Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780140444636
Translations into EnglishNon-fictionManners and CustomsMilitarismPlutarchPhilosophy, ancientSparta (extinct city)938.9Biography
About this book
Plutarch here provides a fascinating account of the everyday lives and customs of the Spartan people, the famous warriors who gave their name to a way of life. A life of constant and rigorous training, self denial and hardship.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780140444636
About Unknown Author
Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.
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