
Language
en
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by John Hamm, Barb Grow, Bill Burn, Chris Hall, Chris Brennen, and David Widger
Release date
2002-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

46–119
Best known for the Parallel Lives, this Greek writer helped shape how later generations understood heroes, statesmen, and moral character. His stories of figures like Alexander, Caesar, and Lycurgus still feel vivid because they are as interested in personality as in events.
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