01675cam a22003253u 4500 674 UtSlPG 20260610133034.0 m cr n 260607r1996||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 DE Plutarch, 46-120? Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1996 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives Release date is 1996-10-01 "Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans" by Plutarch is a series of biographies written in Greek probably at the beginning of the second century. This monumental work pairs famous Greeks with Romans of similar destiny—Alexander with Caesar, Demosthenes with Cicero—to illuminate their moral virtues and failings. Rather than pure history, Plutarch crafted ethical portraits exploring how character shaped the lives of great men. Twenty-three paired biographies survive, alongside four singular lives, offering timeless lessons through comparison and moral examination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 Clough, Arthur Hugh, 1819-1861 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/674 42795 42795