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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Agesilaus

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Plutarch's Life of Agesilaus follows the Spartan king Agesilaus, who reigned for forty-one years. It covers his disputed accession against Leotychides, his war against the satraps Tisaphernes and Pharnabazus in Asia, the wars with Thebes and Epaminondas, the loss of Messenia, and his service in Egypt, from which he dies on the way home. It is paired with the Life of Pompey.

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 15 passages, about 15900 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1917)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 5, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1917 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Agesilaus 1.1 (by chapter, section)

Contents · 15 passages

  1. 1.1–5.4Agesilaus, the lame heir, and the oracle of the maimed kingship1579 words
  2. 6.1–8.4Agesilaus sails for Asia: the dream at Aulis and the quarrel with Lysander1241 words
  3. 9.1–11.7War with Tisaphernes: the cavalry, the battle at Sardis and Spithridates1432 words
  4. 12.1–14.2Agesilaus and Pharnabazus meet on the grass; Asia admires his simple life943 words
  5. 15.1–16.5Recalled from Asia: the march through Thrace and Thessaly1006 words
  6. 17.1–19.6The battle of Coroneia and the sacrifice at Delphi1113 words
  7. 20.1–22.5Cynisca's Olympic chariot, the Isthmian games and Iphicrates' victory near Corinth1321 words
  8. 23.1–24.6The peace of Antalcidas, the seizure of the Cadmeia and Sphodrias' raid on the Peiraeus956 words
  9. 25.1–26.5The acquittal of Sphodrias and the war with Thebes827 words
  10. 27.1–28.6Epaminondas at the Spartan peace conference and the defeat at Leuctra701 words
  11. 29.1–30.5Sparta after Leuctra: the Gymnopaediae and the laws that must sleep735 words
  12. 31.1–33.5Epaminondas invades Laconia and Agesilaus holds Sparta1393 words
  13. 34.1–35.4Messene built, Epaminondas at Sparta and his death at Mantinea885 words
  14. 36.1–37.6Agesilaus goes to Egypt and changes sides from Tachos to Nectanabis846 words
  15. 38.1–40.3The siege in Egypt, the death of Agesilaus and his burial in wax953 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1917). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 5, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1917 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

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