Plutarch

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Lysander”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. The Treasure-Chamber of the Acanthians at Delphi has this inscription: “The spoils which Brasidas and...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Otho”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. The new emperor went early in the morning to the capitol, and sacrificed; and, having...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Pyrrhus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Of the Thesprotians and Molossians after the great inundation, the first king, according to some...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Comparison of Philopœmen with Flamininus,” Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. First, then, as for the greatness of the benefits which Titus...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Flamininus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. What Titus Quintius Flamininus, whom we select as a parallel to Philopœmen, was in personal...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Philopoemen”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Cleander was a man of high birth and great power in the city of Mantinea,...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato,” Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Having mentioned the most memorable actions of these great men, if...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Marcus Cato”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Marcus Cato, we are told, was born at Tusculum, though (till he betook himself...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: Aristides, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Aristides, the son of Lysimachus, was of the tribe Antiochis, and township of Alopece. As...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. These are the memorable things I have found in historians, concerning...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Marcellus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. They say that Marcus Claudius, who was five times consul of the Romans, was the...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “The Republic”, Book Two, 360 B.C.E. Cato Major, hearing some commend one that was rash, and inconsiderately daring in a...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Comparison of Timoleon with Aemilius Paulus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Such being the story of these two great men’s lives,...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Aemilius Paulus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Almost all historians agree that the Æmilii were one of the ancient and patrician...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Timoleon”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. IT was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies; but I find...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plato: “Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Having described all their actions that seem to deserve commemoration, their...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Gaius Marcius”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. I. The patrician family of the Marcii at Rome produced many illustrious men, amongst...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Alcibiades”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Alcibiades, as it is supposed, was anciently descended from Eurysaces, the son of Ajax, by...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “The Comparison of Fabius with Pericles”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. We have here had two lives rich in examples, both...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Plutarch: “Fabius”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E. Having related the memorable actions of Pericles, our history now proceeds to the life of...