The Plutarch Project, Volume Five: Alexander and Timoleon

by Anne E. White, Plutarch

5. Alexander and Timoleon

This fifth volume in The Plutarch Project tells the stories of an ambitious king and a reluctant general. The book includes vocabulary and discussion questions, plus edited text for the Lives of Alexander (a double-length study) and Timoleon.

More of The Plutarch Project
1. Marcus Cato the Censor, Philopoemen, and Titus Flamininus
2. Pyrrhus, Nicias, and Crassus
3. Julius Caesar, Agis and Cleomenes, and the Gracchi
4. Demosthenes, Cicero, and Demetrius
6. Aemilius Paulus, Aristides, and Solon
7. Pompey and Themistocles

Genres: School

182 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2019

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book includes two of the most interesting of Plutarch’s Lives that I’ve read. And Timoleon is now one of my favourite historical characters - a man who knows how to live at war and how to live at peace, wisdom gained from years of trial.