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1) Plutarch: the lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

Author

Plutarch

Publisher

Modern Library

Pub. Date

[19-?]

Language

English

2) Alejandro y Julio César: Vidas Paralelas

Author

Plutarch

Language

Español

Description

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Plutarco (46-119) fue un filósofo y biógrafo griego nacido en la ciudad de Queronea. Estudió matemáticas y filosofía en la Academia de Atenas, la misma que fue estudiada por Platón, y se dedicó a la política, alcanzando altos cargos públicos. "Alejandro y Julio César" es uno de los volúmenes de "Vidas Paralelas" y presenta lado a lado a dos grandes nombres de la época helenística: Alejandro, el Rey de Macedonia, unificador del occidente...

3) Parallel Lives: Complete

Author

Plutarch

Language

English

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Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Parallel Lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. It is a work of considerable importance, not only as a source of information...

4) Plutarch's Lives, Vol. II: Translated from the Greek, With Notes and a Life of Plutarch

Author

Plutarch

Series

Plutarch's Lives

Language

English

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Plutarch's "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans", often simply referred to as "Plutarch's Lives", is a series of biographies of notable ancient Greek and Roman figures most likely written at the beginning of the second century AD. Instead of simply writing histories, Plutarch explores the effect that character, good or bad, had on the lives and careers of these famous men, to which end the people treated are ordered in pairs in an attempt to highlight...