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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Phocion

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Plutarch's Life of Phocion follows the Athenian general and statesman, elected general forty-five times and known for his poverty and his short, blunt speeches. It covers his campaigns in Euboea, Byzantium and Megara, his dealings with Philip, Alexander and Antipater, the Lamian War, and his trial and death by hemlock. It is paired with the Life of Cato the Younger.

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Greek original with English translation, 13 passages, about 12400 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1919)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 8, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1919 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Phocion 1.1 (by chapter, section)

Contents · 13 passages

  1. 1.1–3.5Plutarch on Phocion, Demades and statesmen in a failing city1166 words
  2. 4.1–5.4Phocion's character, his short speeches and the pruning-knife of Demosthenes501 words
  3. 6.1–7.3Phocion under Chabrias, the sea-fight off Naxos and Phocion's political plan621 words
  4. 8.1–11.1Phocion forty-five times general, his sayings and the Delphic oracle1361 words
  5. 12.1–15.2Phocion in Euboea, at Byzantium and in Megara against Philip1120 words
  6. 16.1–17.6Phocion, Philip and Alexander: peace terms and the demand for the orators932 words
  7. 18.1–19.3Alexander's gift of a hundred talents and Phocion's simple household618 words
  8. 20.1–22.4Phocus at Sparta, the bribes of Harpalus and the news of Alexander's death854 words
  9. 23.1–26.4The Lamian War and the defeat at Crannon1129 words
  10. 27.1–29.4Antipater's terms, the garrison in Munychia and the omens at the Mysteries1147 words
  11. 30.1–32.5Antipater's death, Cassander's killing of Demades and Nicanor and the Peiraeus1106 words
  12. 33.1–35.2Phocion's trial before Polysperchon and his condemnation in the theatre1091 words
  13. 36.1–38.2The death of Phocion by hemlock and his honours after death756 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1919). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 8, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1919 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library); translation public domain. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.