Plutarch
Here Plutarch gives
biographies of the awe-inspiring Alexander and eight other
military heroes of history.
Examples: Agesilaus defends
Sparta; Pelopidas and friends save Thebes disguised as
girls; Dion rescues Syracuse from a tyrant; Timoleon
defeats the Carthaginians in a thunderstorm; Pyrrhus
annihilates Roman armies in battles; Demetrius the Besieger
is skilled but evil.
443 pages ----- Soft Cover