Plutarch on Sparta / translated with introduction and notes by Richard J. A. Talbert.

Harmonsworth : Penguin, 1988.

xiv,206p. : maps ; 20cm.

Bibliography: p193-194. - Includes index.
Translated from the Greek.

Talks about the personalities and achievements of Sparta. These writings depict a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who also disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regime of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally.

9780140444636 (pbk)

888 PLU

888 PLU

English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

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