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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'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's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, written in the late 1st century. The surviving Parallel Lives... 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

Plutarch's Lives is one of the most influential works of classical literature, shaping how generations have understood leadership, character, and moral responsibility.

Written in the early second century AD by Plutarch, these paired biographies examine... Read Full Overview

A foundational work of comparative biography, pairing Greek and Roman lives to illuminate character, ambition, and public virtue.

In Parallel Lives, Plutarch sets notable figures of Greece beside their Roman counterparts, using biography not merely to... Read Full Overview

Plutarch's Lives Vol. 1 presents some of the most influential biographical writing of the ancient world, bringing Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers, lawgivers, and public figures into vivid moral and historical focus. Plutarch's method is not merely to record... 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

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

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 V1 is a historical book written by Plutarch, a Greek biographer and essayist, which was first published in 1876. The book is a collection of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, including Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Cicero. Plutarch's writing... Read Full Overview

Plutarch's Lives Vol. 1 presents some of the most influential biographical writing of the ancient world, bringing Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers, lawgivers, and public figures into vivid moral and historical focus. Plutarch's method is not merely to record... 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 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 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 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 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

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.