On Sparta (Penguin Classics)-Plutarch, Richard Talbert

Name: On Sparta (Penguin Classics)-Plutarch, Richard Talbert
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

On Sparta\nby Plutarch\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 18\u201319 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Plutarch\nTitle: On Sparta\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Ancient history\nPublisher: Penguin Publishing Group\nPublication year: 2005\nISBN-13: 9780140449433\nISBN-10: 0140449434\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nPlutarch?s vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of their remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta?s leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings, he 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 gr.