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Mar 28, 2005

Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 3/3

A look at Acts 4 and 5 of Shakespeare's Coriolanus and the North translation.

Mar 14, 2005

Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 2/3

Shakespeare's Coriolanus Acts 2 and 3 and the North translation

Feb 25, 2005

Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 1/3

Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" was based on Sir Thomas North's translation of a French translation of Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus. We start a detailed comparison of Shakespeare's play and the North translation.

Dec 6, 2004

Coriolanus: Part 2/2

Coriolanus leads the Volscians against Rome. Who can stop him?

Nov 22, 2004

Coriolanus: Part 1/2

Who was Coriolanus and how did he get his name?

Oct 11, 2004

Publius Valerius Publicola

Brutus and Publius Valerius launched a revolution, making Rome a republic rather than a monarchy. But then what happened?

Sep 9, 2004

Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 3/3

Agesilaus and Sparta from Leuctra to Agesilaus' death on the way home from Egypt

Aug 23, 2004

Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 2/3

Agesilaus and the decline of Sparta

Aug 9, 2004

Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 1/3

The Spartans were warned by an oracle against having a lame king. Agesilaus II became king despite his lameness. Would the prophesy come true?

Jul 22, 2004

Eumenes of Cardia Part 2/2

Eumenes was a brilliant general but he was betrayed to the enemy by his own men.

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