Biography · 1864
Parallel Lives, Part I
Theseus to Marcus Cato, with their Comparisons
Translated by John Dryden and others, revised by Arthur Hugh Clough (1859)
Plutarch sets the lives of Greek and Roman statesmen and soldiers side by side, reading character through deeds, sayings and small incidents, and closes most pairs with a comparison of the two men. This first part opens with the founders and lawgivers, Theseus and Romulus, Lycurgus and Numa, Solon and Poplicola, then follows the great captains and politicians of Athens and Rome, among them Themistocles, Pericles, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Aemilius Paulus and Cato the Censor.
Contents · 26 parts
- Theseus74 paragraphs
- Romulus47 paragraphs
- Comparison of Romulus with Theseus5 paragraphs
- Lycurgus77 paragraphs
- Numa Pompilius39 paragraphs
- Comparison of Numa with Lycurgus10 paragraphs
- Solon99 paragraphs
- Poplicola24 paragraphs
- Comparison of Poplicola with Solon7 paragraphs
- Themistocles75 paragraphs
- Camillus46 paragraphs
- Pericles106 paragraphs
- Fabius43 paragraphs
- Comparison of Pericles with Fabius4 paragraphs
- Alcibiades74 paragraphs
- Coriolanus68 paragraphs
- Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus6 paragraphs
- Timoleon50 paragraphs
- Aemilius Paulus48 paragraphs
- Comparison of Timoleon with Aemilius Paulus3 paragraphs
- Pelopidas40 paragraphs
- Marcellus37 paragraphs
- Comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus6 paragraphs
- Aristides42 paragraphs
- Marcus Cato40 paragraphs
- Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato8 paragraphs