Plutarch's lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, Caesar and Antony : in the translation called Dryden's / by Plutarch

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300. Rise of an empire

Subjects: “…Themistocles, approximately 524 B.C.-approximately 459 B.C. …”


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Ancient Greeks : creating the classical tradition by Baker, Rosalie F.

Table of Contents: “…Homer -- Solon -- Lycurgus -- Sappho -- Aesop -- Pythagoras -- Anacreon -- Aeschylus -- Pindar -- Phidippides -- Leonidas -- Sophocles -- Herodotus -- Euripides -- Themistocles -- Pericles -- Phidias -- Socrates -- Hippocrates -- Aristiphanes -- Thucydides -- Alciviades -- Plato -- Xenophon -- Aristotle -- Demosthenes -- Philip II -- Alexander the Great -- Pytheas -- Antigonus I -- Ptolemy -- Epicurus -- Demetrius -- Zeno -- Pyrrhus -- Apollonius Rhodius -- Archimedes.…”


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Sailing true north ten admirals and the voyage of character by Stavridis, James

Table of Contents: “…The power of persuasion: Themistocles -- A sailor of the Middle Kingdom: Zheng He -- A pirate and a patriot: Sir Francis Drake -- The band of brothers: Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Horatio Nelson -- The influencer: Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan -- Rum, buggery, and the lash: Admiral Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher -- The admiral's admiral: Fleet Admiral Chester W. …”


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100 military leaders who changed the world by Crompton, Samuel Willard

Table of Contents: “…Cyrus the Great -- Themistocles -- Alcibiades -- Xenophon -- Philip II -- Alexander the Great -- Hannibal -- Publius Cornelius Scipio -- Pompey the Great -- Julius Caesar -- Constantine the Great -- Alaric the Goth -- Attila the Hun -- Clovis of the Franks -- Belisarius -- Khalid ibn al-Walid -- Tariq ibn Ziyad -- Leo III, the Isaurian -- Charles Martel -- Charlemagne -- Alfred the Great -- Otto the Great -- Brian Boru -- Canute II -- Robert Guiscard and Sichelgaita -- William the Conqueror -- "El Cid" (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar) -- Saladin.…”


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Empires of the word : a language history of the world by Ostler, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Themistocles' carpet -- What it takes to be a world language, or, You never can tell -- The desert blooms : language innovation in the Middle East -- Triumphs of fertility : Egyptian and Chinese -- Charming like a creeper : the cultured career of Sanskrit -- Three thousand years of solipsism : the adventures of Greek -- Contesting Europe : Celt, Roman, German and Slav -- The first death of Latin -- The second death of Latin -- Usurpers of greatness : Spanish in the New World -- In the train of empire : Europe's languages abroad -- Microcosm or distorting mirror? …”


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Ancient Greece for Kids Through the Lives of its Philosophers, Lawmakers, and Heroes by Fet, Catherine

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The Greeks crucible of civilization

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Athens the dawn of democracy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction & programme premise ; The birth & growth of golden age Athens ; Militia & tyranny ; Democracy is born ; Slavery & sexism ; Political life ; Themistocles & the war with the Persians ; The Deleon [i.e. …”


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The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Plutarch

Table of Contents: “…Theseus -- Romulus -- The comparison of Romulus with Theseus -- Lycurgus -- Numa Pompilius -- The comparison of Numa with Lycurgus -- Solon -- Poplicola -- The comparison of Poplicola with Solon -- Themistocles -- Camillus -- Pericles -- Fabius -- The comparison of Fabius with Pericles -- Alcibiades -- Coriolanus -- The comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus -- Timoleon --Æmilius Paulus -- The comparison of Timoleon with Æmilius Paulus -- Pelopidas -- Marcellus -- The comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus -- Aristides -- Marcus Cato -- The comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato -- Philopœmen -- Flamininus -- The comparison of Philopœmen with Flamininus -- Pyrrhus -- Caius Marius -- Lysander -- Sylla -- The comparison of Lysander with Sylla -- Cimon -- Lucullus -- The comparison of Lucullus with Cimon -- Nicias -- Crassus -- The comparison of Crassus with Nicias -- Sertorius -- Eumenes -- The comparison of Sertorius with Eumenes -- Agesilaus -- Pompey -- The comparison of Pompey with Agesilaus -- Alexander -- Cæsar -- Phocion -- Cato the Younger -- Agis -- Cleomenes -- Tiberius Gracchus -- Caius Gracchus -- The comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus with Agis and Cleomenes -- Demosthenes -- Cicero -- The comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero -- Demetrius -- Antony -- The comparison of Demetrius and Antony -- Dion -- Marcus Brutus -- The comparison of Dion and Brutus -- Aratus -- Artaxerxes -- Galba -- Otho.…”


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