Author(s): Plutarch
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Biographies
Catalogue No: NA628912
Barcode: 9789626342893
Release Date: 09/2003

PLUTARCH: Greek Lives (Abridged)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Plutarch - Author
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
1Introduction03:42
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
2Plutarch's desire to make his subject's 'habit of mind understood'04:11
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
3Lycurgus (6th or 7th Century BC)03:15
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
4Soon after, an overture was made to him by the queen,03:31
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
5From Crete he sailed to Asia02:45
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
6Amongst the many changes and alterations which Lycurgus made02:46
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
7After the creation of the thirty senators02:55
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
8So there was now no more means of purchasing foreign goods02:43
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
9This last ordinance in particular exasperated the wealthier men.03:39
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
10Lycurgus would never reduce his laws into writing03:23
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
11These public processions of the maidens02:45
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
12Lycurgus allowed a man who was advanced in years and had a young wife02:31
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
13After they were twelve years old03:21
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
14Their lovers and favourers, too, had a share in the young boy's honour or disgrace02:34
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
15Nor was their instruction in music and verse02:32
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
16To return to the Lacedaemonians02:19
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
17The senate, as I said before, consisted of those who were Lycurgus's chief aiders04:27
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
18When he perceived that his more important institutions had taken root in the minds of his countrymen04:17
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
19Themistocles (527-460 BC)03:18
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
20It is said that Themistocles02:46
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
21He went beyound all men in the passion for distinction02:16
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
22Having taken upon himself the command of the Athenian forces03:09
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
23Now, though Xerxes had already passed through Doris02:56
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
24Eurybiades, by the reason of the greatness of Sparta02:45
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
25Themistocles, knowing the generosity of Aristides03:11
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Disc 2
1After this eas-fight, Xerxes, enraged at his ill-fortune03:12
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
2He was, indeed, by nature, a great lover of honour04:23
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
3When Pausanias went about this treasonable design02:34
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
4Thucydides says, that, passing over land to the Aegaean Sea02:34
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
5When he was introduced to the king02:43
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
6Themistocles replied, that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet,03:17
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
7But when Egypt revolted, being assisted by the Athenians,02:36
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
8Pericles (495-429 BC)03:13
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
9For this man, Pericles entertained an extraordinary esteem03:19
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
10He immediately entered02:40
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
11Finding himself come sort of his competitor, Cimon02:58
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
12Cimon, while he was admiral02:53
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
13Pericles on the other hand02:51
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
14Phidias had the oversight of all the works02:52
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
15At length, coming to a final contest with Thucydides03:06
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
16Of all his expeditions02:18
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
17For, in the first place, the Euboeans revolted03:04
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
18Pericles, however, was particularly charged with having proposed to the assembly03:52
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
19After this was over, the Peloponnesian war beginning03:32
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
20The people receiving and admitting these accusations and complaints03:20
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
21In the first place, the pestilential disease04:23
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
22Alcibiades (450-404 BC)03:18
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
23Unawares to himself02:43
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
24Whilst he was very young02:43
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
25He had great advantages for entering public life02:56
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Disc 3
1Alcibiades was not less disturbed at the distinctions02:55
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
2When they were met02:58
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
3After this battle at Mantinea02:12
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
4The truth is, his liberalities, his public shows03:04
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
5Together with Alcibiades03:17
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
6Alcibiades perceived the malice of this postponement03:17
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
7The information against him was conceived in this form02:50
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
8At Sparta, he was devoted to athletic exercises02:35
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
9Thus Alcibiades, quitting the interests of the Spartans03:28
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
10Alcibiades at once dispatched messengers to Samos02:33
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
11The people in the city were terrified into submission03:52
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
12But about thirty days after, Alcibiades escaped from his keeprs03:17
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
13Alcibiades, as soon as he saw the torch lifted upin the air02:55
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
14And now Alcibiades began to desire to see his native country again02:16
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
15But notwithstanding the affairs of Alcibiades went so prosperously02:26
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
16How far his own inclinations led him to usurp sovereign power03:21
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
17As soon as Alcibiades heard of this03:03
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
18Yet in this sad state of affairs03:17
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
19Lysander (439-395 BC)03:34
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
20Understanding that Cyrus, the king's son03:47
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
21But to those who loved honest and noble behaviour03:04
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
22But on the fifth day04:04
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
23Lysander with his fleet passed to Asia02:53
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
24Lysander, after this, sails out to Thrace02:29
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
25This ambitious temper was indeed only burdensome to the highest personages02:27
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
26And having hardly and with difficulty obtained leave01:58
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Disc 4
1When King Agis died01:53
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
2Immediately, therefore, Lysander spurred him on to make an expedition into Asia02:07
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
3Upon this he was sent ambassador to the Hellespont02:25
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
4And being now grown violent in his temper02:32
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
5Alexander (356-323 BC)02:40
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
6The statues that gave the best representation of Alexander's person03:10
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
7The care of his education, as it might be presumed02:51
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
8After this, considering him to be of a temper easy to be led to his duty by reason03:28
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
9But the disorders of his family03:39
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
10When he came to Thebes03:09
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
11Then he went to Delphi02:48
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
12In the meantime Darius's captains having collected large roces03:26
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
13This battle presently made a great change of affairs to Alexander's advantage02:37
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
14Darius was by this time upon his march from Susa02:39
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
15There was at this time in Darius's army a Macedonian refugee03:02
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
16But as he was going to supper03:51
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
17Alexander, that he might refresh his army03:46
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
18This was a long and painful, and, in two respects, a dangerous journey03:13
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
19Darius wrote him a letter03:40
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
20But to return to Alexander03:18
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
21His sword, which was the weapon he used most in fight03:52
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
22From hence he marched through the province of Babylon03:56
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
23What she said was received with such universal liking and murmurs of applause02:54
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
24But when he perceived his favourites grow so luxurious03:01
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
25He now, as we said, set forth to seek Darius03:42
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Disc 5
1And now with the flower of his army he marched into Hyrcania02:49
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
2Apprehending the Macedonians would be weary of pursuing the war02:24
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
3Noticing, also, that among his chief friends and favourites02:58
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
4But he, for what reason is uncertain02:44
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
5The king had a present of Grecian fruit brought him02:36
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
6'We are sufficiently punished already'01:54
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
7Upon this, at last, Alexander, snatching a spear from one of the soldiers02:42
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
8Alexander now intent upon his expedition into India02:14
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
9Nor did they judge amiss03:07
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
10This discourse pleased Alexander03:50
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
11Almost all the historians agree03:18
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
12Alexander was now eager to see the ocean03:58
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
13His voyage down the rivers took up seven months' time01:55
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
14At Gedrosia, his admiral, Nearchus02:38
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
15The thirty thousand boys whom he left behind him to be taught03:39
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
16As he was upon his way to Babylon03:23
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
17But the journals give the following record02:56
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
18Demosthenes (384-322 BC)03:39
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
19As soon, therefore, as he was grown up to man's estate03:55
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
20Whence then, may some say02:18
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
21However, finding it a hard matter02:42
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
22It was evident03:20
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
23But there was, it should seem03:03
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Disc 6
1Demosthenes had secret intelligence of the death of Philip03:31
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
2It was not long after that Harpalus fled from Alexander02:13
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
3Demosthenes resisted the inquisition03:11
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
4Yet it was no long time that he enjoyed his country after his return04:36
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
5Pyrrhus (329-272 BC)04:05
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
6When he was twelve years old03:22
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
7From this time he began to revolve many and vast projects in his thoughts03:56
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
8After this battle, Pyrrhus03:19
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
9But Lysimachus now arriving, and claiming the defeat of Demetrius03:03
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
10There was one Cineas, a Thessalian03:19
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
11And first, he sent away Cineas to the Tarentines02:46
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
12He now received intelligence that Laevinus03:05
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
13This made Pyrrhus use greater caution03:41
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
14Then Caius Fabricius came in embassy from the Romans03:43
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
15The Romans, not having those advantages of retreating04:08
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
16And being elevated with his good fortune02:45
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
17He divided his army into two parts02:45
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
18His affairs being yet unsettled02:44
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
19Pyrrhus himself, in person02:12
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
20Pyrrhus, upon the coming of these additional forces02:40
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
21In the dead of the night03:39
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)
22Pyrrhus, seeing this storm and confusion of things02:50
Farrell, Nicholas (Reader)
Hodson, Steve (Reader)

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