The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks

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The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks (1910)
by Frederick James Gould, illustrated by Walter Crane

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Frederick James GouldWalter Crane1889190The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks1910

THE

CHILDREN'S PLUTARCH

TALES OF THE GREEKS

BY

F. J. GOULD

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
W. D. HOWELLS

PLUTARCH'S LIVES TOLD IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE
WITH A SPECIAL TOPICAL INDEX

ILLUSTRATED BY
WALTER CRANE

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

M C M X

Copyright, 1910, by Harper & Brothers

Published July, 1910.
Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Introduction (W. D. Howells)	vii
Preface	xi
Biographical Note	xiii
The Hardy Men of Sparta (Lycurgus)	1
The Wise Man of Athens (Solon)	8
The Just Man (Aristides)	16
The Savior of Athens (Themistocles)	23
The Admiral of the Fleet (Cimon)	30
The Man who Made Athens Beautiful (Pericles)	38
Three Powers (Lysander and Others)	45
The Man with Many Faces (Alcibiades)	51
In Olden Persia (Cyrus and Artaxerxes)	59
A Lame King (Agesilaus)	66
A Martyr King (Agis)	73
A Valiant Helper (Pelopidas)	80
Dion	88
The Man who Saved Sicily (Timoleon)	101
The Orator (Demosthenes)	108
The Conqueror (Alexander)	115
A Servant of the City (Phocion)	129
Golden Shoes and Two Crowns (Demetrius)	136
Up the Scaling-Ladders (Aratus)	142
A Fighting King (Pyrrhus)	149
The Last of the Greeks (Philopoemen)	157
Index	165

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