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The Parallel Lives ( Greek: Βίοι Παράλληλοι, Bíoi Parállēloi; Latin: Vītae Parallēlae) is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written by the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, and Apollonian priest Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century.
Parallel Lives, influential collection of biographies of famous Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen written as Bioi parallëloi by the Greek writer Plutarch near the end of his life.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A chapter on Plutarch’s biographical corpus, which includes three types of biography: individual Lives, Lives of the Caesars, and Parallel Lives. Parallel Lives are structured by comparison and contrast of Greek and Roman characters, with prologues and syncrises.
The Parallel Lives Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
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Sep 7, 2010 · Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia (ca. 45–120 CE) was a Platonist philosopher, best known to the general public as author of his “Parallel Lives” of paired Greek and Roman statesmen and military leaders.
May 27, 2024 · Plutarch, biographer and author whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century. Among his approximately 227 works, the most important are Parallel Lives and Moralia, or Ethica.
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Plutarch The Parallel Lives, as translated by John Dryden and others (1683-86), revised and edited by Arthur Hugh Clough (1864).
