Plutarch's diadochi lives
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Topic: Plutarch's diadochi lives
Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Subject: Plutarch's diadochi lives
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2007 at 12:36
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Does anyone know any editions of Plutarch that contain his more obscure lives? It's always the classical Greek figures, Alexander the great, republican Roman figures, but I can't find ANY of his Diodachi ones by many publishers |
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Posted By: Knights
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2007 at 13:51
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Hey Aster. Not entirely sure what you want, but this is what I came up with: 1) http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/demetrus.html - http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/demetrus.html - Demetrius I of Macedon. He waged war with the Ptomelies. 2) http://www.4literature.net/Plutarch/ - http://www.4literature.net/Plutarch/ - A list of all of Plutarch's lives Don't know whether this helps or not. - Knights - ------------- |
Posted By: Praetor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2007 at 14:58
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I scanned through the list of Plutarch's lives and also came across
Eumene's (not of Pergamun) and Pyrrhus though it depends on your
definition of Diadochi as to whether these count. I found no others
though my knowledge of some of the figures included in "the lives" is
lacking. Regards, Praetor. ------------- |
Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2007 at 09:15
...I could those as "secondary Diodachi" - they were instruments of Hellenism and only came to power through the decline of Alexander's empire, and they continued to use many of the models of it and claimed descent to Alexander. They are certainly no "pure" diodachs, such as Ptolemy I Kaurnos, Selecus, Antigonus etc.
Thanks very much for all your input - i'm very greatful! ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2007 at 14:25
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Check Project Gutenberg.
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Posted By: dexippus
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2007 at 19:30
| Penguin, as usual is to the rescue. Try the penguin edition of "The Age of Alexander the Great." It contains translations of the lives of Alexander, Demetrius Poliorcetes, Phoicon, and Phyrrus (and a few others, but alas, I don't have it with me at the moment.) If you have access, the Loeb bi-lingual editions are always a sound way to go, with the original Greek and a facing translation. The Loebs have been coming out with new translations under the editor ship of Prof. Goold, although most libraries still have the older versions, which are reasonable translations, albiet a bit dated, generally having been produced in the 1930s. |
Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Date Posted: 08-Nov-2007 at 15:12
Thanks very much Dexippus  ------------- |