`Shipley's commentary will now be essential reading ... for all
those interested in fourth-century Sparta and in Plutarch's Spartan
Lives, and stands as a fitting monument to a scholar who devoted
his life to the teaching and explication of the Classics.'
Tim Duff, Journal of Hellenic Studies
`The longest section on 'Plutarch's themes in the Life' contains a
great deal of useful comment on Plutarch's conceptions of Spartan
history, and will prove to be an important resource on this
topic'
Tim Duff, Journal of Hellenic Studies
`excellent study ... Shipley's extensive and insightful
observations encompass an uncommonly broad range of matters
interpretive, stylistic, lexical, literary, and historical ...
Shipley's study will be of interest exclusively to Plutarchists and
Greek historians, but for them it will be of great and enduring
value.'
Hubert M. Martin, Religious Studies Review
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