Greek Lives

Lycurgus, Themistocles, Pericles, Alexander, Demosthenes and others

by Plutarch

Read by Nicholas Farrell

Plutarch’s series of biographies was the first of its kind, as much ground breaking in conception as Herodotus was with his Histories. Plutarch looked at the great men of the Ancient World and told their stories, in many cases drawing on sources no longer available to us. They offer a unique insight into the characters as well as the achievements of men who influenced their age and the empires that their culture dominated.

They are as accessible now as they were when they were first written.

It is the companion volume to Roman Lives, also read with style by Nicholas Farrell on Naxos AudioBooks.

Featuring music from the Naxos catalogue

6 CDs • Running Time: c.5 hours • ISBN: 9-62634-289-7 • Catalogue no: NA628912 • RRP: £24.99

Also available: Roman Lives

Shakespeare has been a continuing thread in the work of Nicholas Farrell, both on stage and screen. He played Horatio in Branagh's film of Hamlet, and Antonio in Nunn's film of Twelfth Night. At the RSC and elsewhere in London, he has appeared frequently in classical drama, including Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, and Julius Caesar, as well as Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (Trofimov).