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(Parallel Lives) a collection (A.D. 105-15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
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Parallel Lives — 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 … Wikipedia
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Plutarch — (c. AD 50–120) Greek born writer and Middle Platonist. Plutarch was born in Chaeronea in Boeotia, studied at Athens, and went to Rome, returning to spend the last decades of his life as a priest at Delphi. His most famous work, the Lives, is… … Philosophy dictionary
PLUTARCH — celebrated Greek biographer and moralist, born at Chæronea, in Boeotia; studied at Athens; paid frequent visits to Rome, and formed friendships with some of its distinguished citizens; spent his later years at his native place, and held a… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
