The fourth and final volume of Plutarch's Lives, his series of biographies of notable Greek and Roman statesmen and generals, often arranged in comparative pairs. It offers vivid character studies and reflections on leadership, virtue, and political life in antiquity, making it rewarding to listen to.
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Opening of the book
Transcriber’s note:
Chapter numbers in the Index with question marks
do not exist in the previous volumes.
PLUTARCH’S LIVES.
Translated from the Greek
WITH
NOTES AND A LIFE OF PLUTARCH.
BY
AUBREY STEWART, M.A.,
Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,
AND THE LATE
GEORGE LONG, M.A.,
Formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. IV.
LONDON:
GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN, AND NEW YORK.
1892.
LONDON:
REPRINTED FROM THE STEREOTYPE PLATES BY WM. CLOWES & SONS, LTD.,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS PAGE LIFE OF AGIS 1 LIFE OF KLEOMENES 19 53 LIFE OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS (by G. Long ) LIFE OF CAIUS GRACCHUS (by G. Long ) 90 COMPARISON OF TIBERIUS AND CAIUS GRACCHUS WITH 115 AGIS AND KLEOMENES 119 LIFE OF DEMOSTHENES 146 LIFE OF CICERO (by G. Long ) 211 COMPARISON OF DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO 215 LIFE OF DEMETRIUS LIFE OF ANTONIUS (by G. Long ) 263 348 COMPARISON OF DEMETRIUS AND ANTONIUS 352 LIFE OF DION 398 LIFE OF BRUTUS (by G. Long ) COMPARISON OF DION AND BRUTUS 454 LIFE OF ARTAXERXES 458 LIFE OF ARATUS 485 LIFE OF GALBA 530 LIFE OF OF OTHO 556 573 INDEX PLUTARCH'S LIVES.
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