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Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality... Read Full Overview

Plutarch defined for all ages the character of Greek and Roman moral identity. He studied what constitutes the best in a human being, and which, in turn, determines a person's role in the world. Blending history and biography, Plutarch evokes the characters of great leaders in... Read Full Overview

The second volume of Plutarch's enduring series of paired Greek and Roman biographies, examining character through the lens of power and public action.

In Parallel Lives, Plutarch continues his method of moral comparison, setting eminent Greeks beside... Read Full Overview

One of the world's most profoundly influential literary works and the basis for Shakespeare's Roman plays (Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra), Plutarch's Lives have been entertaining and arousing the spirit of emulation in countless... Read Full Overview

The second volume of Plutarch's enduring series of paired Greek and Roman biographies, examining character through the lens of power and public action.

In Parallel Lives, Plutarch continues his method of moral comparison, setting eminent Greeks beside... Read Full Overview

In Plutarch's Lives, Plutarch examines greatness not through conquest alone, but through character revealed under pressure.

This second volume continues Plutarch's distinctive approach, pairing Greek and Roman figures to illuminate shared virtues and... Read Full Overview

"Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans", commonly called "Parallel Lives" or simply "Plutarch's Lives", is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The work contains pairs of biographies, each pair... Read Full Overview

This volume continues Plutarch's parallel biographies of Greek and Roman figures, examining character, leadership, and moral judgment through paired historical lives.

In Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2, the Greek historian and philosopher Plutarch presents... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of 48 biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD... Read Full Overview

Plutarch's Lives. Translated from the original Greek with notes critical and historical, and a Life of Plutarch This book, "Plutarch's Lives Volume 2", by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne, is a replication of a book originally published before 1813. It has been restored... Read Full Overview