Plutarch 46-120? creator Long, George 1800-1879 Stewart, Aubrey 1844-1918 text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4)" by Plutarch is a series of biographies written in Greek probably at the beginning of the second century. This monumental work pairs the lives of famous Greeks and Romans to reveal their shared moral virtues and failings. Through 23 paired biographies—matching figures like Alexander the Great with Julius Caesar—Plutarch explores how character shapes destiny. Rather than pure history, these literary portraits examine the psychological and moral motivations behind greatness, encouraging readers to reflect on virtue, vice, and human nature itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Life of Plutarch -- Life of Theseus -- Life of Romulus -- Comparison of Theseus and Romulus -- Life of Lykurgus -- Life of Numa -- Comparison of Numa with Lykurgus -- Life of Solon -- Life of Poplicola -- Comparison of Solon and Poplicola -- Life of Themistokles -- Life of Camillus -- Life of Perikles -- Life of Fabius Maximus -- Comparison of Perikles and Fabius Maximius -- Life of Alkibiades -- Life of Caius Marcius Coriolanus -- Comparison between Alkibiades and Coriolanus -- Life of Timoleon -- Life of Aemilius -- Comparison of Paulus Aemilius and Timoleon. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives Release date is 2004-11-12 E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team, with special thanks to Thundergnat Original publication data not identified Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 DE Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14033 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14033 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133330.0 14033