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Magical structures or powerful empires that have been born, over time can be lost for many different causes, destroyed by nature or by accidental or intentional or destructive. Athens - one of the oldest cities in the world who have experienced such prosperity and decay - has been told by the Plutarch historian in Athens's Outward and Destruction - the next bookcase Western classic of Omega Plus. At the beginning of the Hadria dynasty - a period where the blend of Greek and Roman culture reaches the top: almost all the great authors have done their mission, Plutarch's work in many ways is a combination of that culture. Plutarch is one of the last Greek historians. He comes from a rich family, high position in Chaeronea, central Greece. He enjoys the best education at that time in the field of rhetorical and philosophical. He traveled many places in Asia and Egypt, especially the journey to Rome and Italy later helps him increase his posture and be formally recognized by the Roman emperors. In addition to serving the city where you lived, Plutarch was a priest in the Temple Delphi. His massive treasure of works is divided into two segments: Moralia (Peachment) consisting of rhetorical and archeological philosophy, and The Lives (Life), talking about the lives of the Roman and Greek leaders, which have a great influence from Renaissance. This book is translated from the English version called "The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives" by translator Ian Scott-Kilvert. Ian Scott-Kilvert is the Director of English Literature at the British Council and Editor of Writers and their Works. He also translated Makers of Rome: Nine Lives and the Age of Alexander and Plutarch's Age of Alexander and The Roman History (Roman History) of Cassius Dio for the Classics Bookcase of Penguin Publishing House. “... Current Collection [Athenian prosper and deterioration] is carried out with the same principle as Lives (concentration of Rome, the translation of Rex Warner). Instead of repeating the arrangement of the names of Greece and Rome in Plutarch's pair, I have grouped nine celebrities in Lives in the millennium to track one of the decisive times of Greek history, in this case the story of Athens from the myths of Theseus until the end of Peloponnese War. Reading Lives in this sequence has the advantages, among other advantages, is highlight Plutarch's talent as a social historian. His interest in his melodies and personal aura, his empathy for the popular people, and his willingness to introduce the essential characters as the foundation for heroes, weaving a magnificent human carpet that on which the great events of Persian War and the Pericles are spread out... " (Example of Ian Scott's introduction - Kilvert) Item code 8935270700591 Supplier Name Alpha Books Author Plutarch Translator Bui Thanh Chau, Ian Scott Kilvert The Gioi Publishing House Year XB 2019 Weight (gr) 420 Packaging Size 16x24 Number of pages 416 Paperback form Top 100 best-selling h