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# The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A great selection of Plutarch's Lives
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2013*

As with any historical work, this edition of Plutarch should be reviewed for two things: the quality of the edition, including the translation, introduction, notes, etc, and how enjoyable reading the work is. Of course, anyone who wants to read Plutarch is going to do so. Therefore this review is targeted at people looking for the right edition of Plutarch, and those looking for a book that's simply fun to read.This edition is perfectly adequate and a great value although the introduction and maps are both meager and largely unhelpful. The translation by Ian Scott-Kilvert is easy to read and clear. The notes are helpful and are put in as footnotes, rather than endnotes, so the reader doesn't have to flip to the back of the book constantly. The selection of Lives is great for anyone interested in classical Athens. It includes Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lysander (the Spartan). Price-wise, the book is also quite cheap.Plutarch is not one of the most popular Greek writers, but for anyone interested in the history of ancient Greece or in the classics more generally, he is very helpful. His Lives make it easy to learn about the history without reading the longer books of Thucydides, Herodotus, and Xenophon. Plutarch does tend to view his subjects through rose-tinted glasses, but overall his portrayals are fair. He gives both sides to a story when there is disagreement among the sources he used. All in all, he is a great historian and anyone interested in ancient Greek history should enjoy reading him.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very complex but great supplemental read with lecture
  

*by H***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019*

Super complex but full of information

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
  

*by H***C on Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2011*

I just got back from the Greek Isles last year.  This book is better than those I bought and looked at there.

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