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Parallel Lives

biography

Twenty-two pairs of Greek and Roman biographies, plus four standalone Lives. Plutarch's masterwork of comparative biography, setting the greatest figures of Greece alongside their Roman counterparts to illuminate character and virtue.

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Theseus & Romulus
  • Theseus
    140 lines
  • Romulus
    169 lines
  • Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
    18 lines
Lycurgus & Numa
  • Lycurgus
    159 lines
  • Numa
    134 lines
  • Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa
    28 lines
Solon & Publicola
  • Solon
    143 lines
  • Publicola
    108 lines
  • Comparison of Solon and Publicola
    17 lines
Themistocles & Camillus
  • Themistocles
    149 lines
  • Camillus
    192 lines
Pericles & Fabius Maximus
  • Pericles
    181 lines
  • Fabius Maximus
    132 lines
  • Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
    14 lines
Alcibiades & Coriolanus
  • Alcibiades
    200 lines
  • Caius Marcius Coriolanus
    171 lines
  • Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus
    22 lines
Timoleon & Aemilius Paulus
  • Timoleon
    291 lines
  • Aemilius Paulus
    319 lines
  • Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius
    17 lines
Pelopidas & Marcellus
  • Pelopidas
    170 lines
  • Marcellus
    153 lines
  • Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus
    15 lines
Aristides & Cato the Elder
  • Aristides
    146 lines
  • Marcus Cato
    146 lines
  • Comparison of Aristides and Marcus Cato
    26 lines
Philopoemen & Flamininus
  • Philopoemen
    112 lines
  • Titus Flamininus
    108 lines
  • Comparison of Philopoemen and Titus
    9 lines
Pyrrhus & Marius
  • Pyrrhus
    194 lines
  • Caius Marius
    234 lines
Lysander & Sulla
  • Lysander
    155 lines
  • Sulla
    204 lines
  • Comparison of Lysander and Sulla
    23 lines
Cimon & Lucullus
  • Cimon
    119 lines
  • Lucullus
    253 lines
  • Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon
    18 lines
Nicias & Crassus
  • Nicias
    177 lines
  • Crassus
    193 lines
  • Comparison of Nicias and Crassus
    23 lines
Sertorius & Eumenes
  • Sertorius
    128 lines
  • Eumenes
    98 lines
  • Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes
    7 lines
Agesilaus & Pompey
  • Agesilaus
    201 lines
  • Pompey
    392 lines
  • Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey
    20 lines
Alexander & Caesar
  • Alexander
    380 lines
  • Caesar
    288 lines
Phocion & Cato the Younger
  • Phocion
    148 lines
  • Cato the Younger
    318 lines
Agis & Cleomenes / Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus
  • Agis and Cleomenes
    245 lines
  • Tiberius and Caius Gracchus
    176 lines
  • Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes and the Gracchi
    19 lines
Demosthenes & Cicero
  • Demosthenes
    130 lines
  • Cicero
    227 lines
  • Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
    19 lines
Demetrius & Antony
  • Demetrius
    240 lines
  • Antony
    359 lines
  • Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
    17 lines
Dion & Brutus
  • Dion
    388 lines
  • Brutus
    400 lines
  • Comparison of Dion and Brutus
    33 lines

Standalone Lives

  • Artaxerxes
    140 lines
Aratus (standalone)
  • Aratus
    232 lines
Galba (standalone)
  • Galba
    122 lines
Otho (standalone)
  • Otho
    84 lines
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