Plutarch On Sparta Summary

Plutarch on Sparta is a book where Richard J. A. Talbert and Ian Scott-Kilvert translated the works of Plutarch. This book covers the Sparta lives (written by Plutarch) of Lycurgus, Agesilaus, Agis, and Cleomenes. It also gives sayings of not only from Spartan men but also Spartan Women. This book gives details on Spartan Society. This book gives a timeline of Spartan Kings. This book also depicts the maps of Sparta. The authors of this book; which is the revised version are Richard J.A. Talbert, Ian-Scott Kilvert, and Christopher Pelling. The original author of “On Sparta” was Plutarch. Richard Talbert is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor with the History Department of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ("Richard Talbert - Archaeological …show more content…
The authors did a good job at portraying what the Lives of the Spartans were like. For example “But there was a diviner in Sparta named Diopeithes, who had an extraordinary knowledge of ancient prophecies and enjoyed a great reputation for his skill in interpreting religious matters. He declared that is was contrary to the will of heaven for a lame man to become king of Sparta, and when the matter came before a court, he cited the following oracle: ‘Though you are sound of limb, proud Sparta, beware that from your stock there stems no lame kingship. For then unlooked-for ordeals shall oppress you for ages, and the man-killing, rolling waves of war.’” (Talbert, Agesilaus, 2005, p.41) This book helped me understand the lives of the Spartan peoples because it went into great detail about their lives. All in all, this was a good book. It has a lot of details to show what the lives and the customs were like before the fall of Sparta. The authors support their thesis by giving such vivid accounts of their lives. This book is good to have a class read along when the subject of Sparta is touched

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