Plutarch on Sparta /
Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings, Plutarch depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regimen of military training for boys,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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London :
Penguin Books,
2005
London : Penguin, 2005 London ; New York : 2005 |
| Edition: | Rev. ed |
| Series: | Penguin classics
Penguin classics |
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Table of Contents:
- Lives: Lycurgus ; Agesilaus ; Agis ; Cleomenes
- Sayings: Sayings of Spartans ; Sayings of Spartan women
- Appendix: Spartan society / Xenophon
- Penguin Pultarch
- Christopher Pelling
- Lives
- Lycurgu
- Agesilaus
- Agis 81
- Cleomenes
- Sayings
- Sayings of Spartans
- Sayings of Spartan women
- App Xenophon, Spartan society
- Spartan kings to 222 BC.