09-21-2010, 01:34 PM
Today, I discovered that Penguin have launched a new publishing strategy for their Plutarch translations.
I purchased a copy of Plutarch on Sparta (2005), only to find that it is almost identical to my old Plutarch on Sparta (1988), except for a new introduction and the addition of the Life of Agesilaus (previously found in The Age of Alexander volume, 1973). Allegedly, Artaxerxes will be taking Agesilaus' place in the latter volume, once it receives its facelift.
(Oddly, Penguin's own web site doesn't seem to realise that this book exists!)
Also, they have issued a new edition of The Fall of the Roman Republic (2005; old edn. 1973), now with Plutarch's Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, and Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero.
And, most interesting of all, they have released a new selection entitled Rome in Crisis (2010). Unfortunately, their web site does not divulge the contents. (Hopefully, it is not simply a repackaging of the Makers of Rome volume, 1965.)
I purchased a copy of Plutarch on Sparta (2005), only to find that it is almost identical to my old Plutarch on Sparta (1988), except for a new introduction and the addition of the Life of Agesilaus (previously found in The Age of Alexander volume, 1973). Allegedly, Artaxerxes will be taking Agesilaus' place in the latter volume, once it receives its facelift.
(Oddly, Penguin's own web site doesn't seem to realise that this book exists!)
Also, they have issued a new edition of The Fall of the Roman Republic (2005; old edn. 1973), now with Plutarch's Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, and Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero.
And, most interesting of all, they have released a new selection entitled Rome in Crisis (2010). Unfortunately, their web site does not divulge the contents. (Hopefully, it is not simply a repackaging of the Makers of Rome volume, 1965.)
