Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4) by Plutarch
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"Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4)" by Plutarch is a collection of biographies written in Greek at the beginning of the second century. This work pairs the lives of famous Greeks and Romans—men of similar destiny like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar—to illuminate their shared moral virtues and failings. Rather than pure history, Plutarch crafts literary portraits exploring how character shapes destiny, offering readers moral lessons through the actions and motivations
of legendary figures from antiquity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Plutarch, 46-120? |
|---|---|
| Translator | Long, George, 1800-1879 |
| Translator | Stewart, Aubrey, 1844-1918 |
| Title | Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives |
| Contents | Life of Nikias -- Life of Crassus -- Comparison of Nikias and Crassus -- Life of Sertorius -- Life of Eumenes -- Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes -- Life of Agesilaus -- Life of Pompeius -- Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompeius -- Life of Alexander -- Life of C. Cæsar -- Life of Phokion -- Life of Cato. |
| Credits |
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Stephen Schulze and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DE: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: The Mediterranean Region, The Greco-Roman World |
| Subject | Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 14140 |
| Release Date | Nov 24, 2004 |
| Last Update | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 9077 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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