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Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45–120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens,
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First published in 1904, this volume began what was to be the magnum opus of the highly regarded Classical scholar, A.H.
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First published in 1956, this book by U.S. journalist and intelligence agent Edward Hunter comprises dramatic first-hand
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