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Βίοι Παράλληλοι

aka Vītae Parallēlae

Parallel Lives

AuthorPlutarch
LanguageKoine Greek
Year100
CountryRoman Empire
GenreBiography / Memoir / Reportage
ancient worldgraeco-romanbiographiesgreat leadershistory
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The Parallel Lives is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written in Greek by the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, and Apollonian priest Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century. The lives are arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings.— Wikipedia

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Plutarch's Lives

Plutarch's Lives

tr. John Dryden · Little, Brown · United States · 1910

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Lives, Volume IV: Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla

Lives, Volume IV: Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1916

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Plutarch: Selected Lived and Essays

Plutarch: Selected Lived and Essays

tr. Louise Ropes Loomis · Walter J. Black · United States · 1951

The Rise and Fall of Athens

The Rise and Fall of Athens

tr. Ian Scott Kilvert · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1960

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Lives, Volume XI: Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General Index

Lives, Volume XI: Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General Index

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus

Lives, Volume X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume IX: Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius

Lives, Volume IX: Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume II: Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus

Lives, Volume II: Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume VI: Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paullus

Lives, Volume VI: Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paullus

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume V: Agesilaus and Pompey. Pelopidas and Marcellus

Lives, Volume V: Agesilaus and Pompey. Pelopidas and Marcellus

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume VII: Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar

Lives, Volume VII: Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume III: Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Nicias and Crassus

Lives, Volume III: Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Nicias and Crassus

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume VIII: Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the Younger

Lives, Volume VIII: Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the Younger

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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Lives, Volume I: Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola

Lives, Volume I: Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola

tr. Bernadotte Perrin · Harvard University Press · United States · 1967

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The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch

The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch

tr. Ian Scott-Kilvert · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1973

Makers of Rome

Makers of Rome

tr. Ian Scott-Kilvert · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1988

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Plutarch on Sparta

tr. Richard J.A. Talbert · Penguin · United Kingdom · 2005

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The Fall of the Roman Republic

The Fall of the Roman Republic

tr. Rex Warner · Penguin · United Kingdom · 2009

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