The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

by Plutarch

The Dryden Translation

This book is rather large, but it is surprisingly easy to read. It is a collection of biographies of the lives of eminent people living in ancient times. Plutarch lived from AD 46 to 119, approximately. His collection of Lives is his most famous work, recounting the noble deeds and characters of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen. In all likelihood, few would undertake to read the entire work, (estimated to be about 1800-2000 pages of ordinary print), but to relax and read an occasional individual selection of the fifty personages included is a very worthwhile and brief endeavor.

    Contents
  1. Theseus
  2. Romulus
  3. Romulus and Theseus Compared
  4. Lycurgus
  5. Numa Pompilius
  6. Lycurgus and Numa Compared
  7. Solon
  8. Poplicola
  9. Poplicola and Solon Compared
  10. Themistocles
  11. Camillus
  12. Pericles
  13. Fabius
  14. Fabius and Pericles Compared
  15. Alcibiades
  16. Coriolanus
  17. Alcibiades and Coriolanus Compared
  18. Timoleon
  19. AEmilius Paulus
  20. AEmilius Paulus and Timoleon Compared
  21. Pelopidas
  22. Marcellus
  23. Marcellus and Pelopidas Compared
  24. Aristides
  25. Marcus Cato
  26. Aristides and Marcus Cato Compared
  27. Philopoeman
  28. Flamininus
  29. Flamininus and Philopoeman Compared
  30. Pyrrhus
  31. Caius Marius
  32. Lysander
  33. Sulla
  34. Lysander and Sulla Compared
  35. Cimon
  36. Lucullus
  37. Cimon and Lucullus Compared
  38. Nicias
  39. Crassus
  40. Crassus and Nicias Compared
  41. Sertorius
  42. Eumenus
  43. Eumenus and Sertorius Compared
  44. Agesilaus
  45. Pompey
  46. Agesilaus and Pompey Compared
  47. Alexander
  48. Caesar
  49. Phocion
  50. Cato the Younger
  51. Agis
  52. Cleomenes
  53. Tiberius Gracchus
  54. Caius Gracchus
  55. Caius and Tiberius Gracchus and Agis and Cleomenes Compared
  56. Demosthenes
  57. Cicero
  58. Cicero and Demosthenes Compared
  59. Demetrius
  60. Antony
  61. Antony and Demetrius Compared
  62. Dion
  63. Marcus Brutus
  64. Brutus and Dion Compared
  65. Aratus
  66. Artaxerxes
  67. Galba
  68. Otho

References found on the World Wide Web:

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International Plutarch Society
Information, primarily concerning society conferences. Also includes book reviews submitted by members and a list of recent publications. Also, reference to text of all selections above.

Univ of Calgary Texts for Ancient History Course
Collection of translations of ancient texts for the study of Greek and Roman history. Includes works by Plutarch, Tacitus, and various writers of the Late Antique period.

Univ of Kentucky--Women's Life in Greece and Rome
Abbreviated version of the print monograph by the same name written by Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant. Offers chapters devoted to women's legal status in the Roman and Greek worlds. Covers topics such as marriage, prostitution, pregnancy, adultery, inheritance, spousal abuse, funeral law, and education. Includes translated works by Aulus Gellius, Valerius Maximus, Gaius, Suetonius, Plutarch, Theopompus, and Lysias.

Works by Plutarch
Daniel C. Stevenson Complete works of Plutarch, translated by John Dryden. Includes ongoing reader discussions of selected works.

Plutarch, 46(?)-120(?) A.D.
(From Dryden's translation of Plutarch's Lives, corrected and revised by A.H. Clough.) 1 As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do ...

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