Additional formats may also be available from the main Gutenberg site. Select author names above for additional information and titlesĭownload the ebook in a format below. GradeSaver, 3 September 2019 Web.Plutarch's Lives ('Dryden' translation) from Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg Presents Plutarch's Lives ('Dryden' translation) by Plutarch edited by Arthur Hugh Clough Next Section Character List Previous Section About Parallel Lives How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous 'Parallel Lives Summary'. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Also both are examples of corrupt leaders who eventually welcome their own respective falls from power (and deaths). Both were leaders who managed to amass large territory and diverse peoples over which to rule. Of famous historical figures, Plutarch nabs some of the most famous: Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. Both of these men are characters of myth, not historical figures, yet they both feature so prominently in the stories of the early days of Greece and Rome respectively, as the protagonist of The Odysseyand the founder of Rome. Though Plutarch is specifically writing about famous men, he includes the above characters who are less familiar to contemporary audiences.

In corresponding pairs, these are the less familiar men described: Lycurgus and Numa Pompilius, Themistocles and Camillus, Solon and Poplicola, Pericles and Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Epaminondas and Scipio Africanus, Phocion and Cato the Younger, Agis and Tiberius Gracchus, Cleomenes and Gaius Gracchus, Timoleon and Aeilius Paullus, Eumenes and Sertorius, Aristides and Cato the Elder, Pelopidas and Marcellus, Lysander and Sulla, Pyrrhus and Marius, Philopoemen and Titus Flamininus, Nicias and Crassus, Cimon and Lucullus, Dion and Brutus, Agesilaus and Pompey, Demosthenes and Cicero, Demetrius and Mark Antony. Dating all the way back to the mythic past with Theseus, the biographies encompass both legend and more recent history. The majority of them are politicians, soldiers, and leaders. There are 48 men whom Plutarch writes about in this book. Although refraining from comment in the biographies themselves, Plutarch heavily adds his personal evaluation of the men's respective characters, accomplishments, and reputations. Following the pairing, Plutarch adds his own evaluation of the contrast of these two historical figures. For every Greek figure, there is an accompanying Roman. In order to further examine and chart the effect of moral character in famous people's lives, Plutarch writes this collection as a biography study. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous

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