Rise And Fall of Athens

A revision of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal work, including new introduction, notes, further reading and chronology by John Marincola The book forms part of our revision of Plutarch's histories in Penguin Classics, which will also include The Fall of the Roman Republic, Rome in Crisis, The Rise of Rome, The Age of Alexander and Plutarch on Sparta. The lives examined include Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lysander.