<P> Plutarch 's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans , commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch 's Lives , is a series of biographies of famous men , arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings , probably written at the beginning of the second century AD . The surviving Parallel Lives ( Greek : Βίοι Παράλληλοι , Bíoi Parállēloi ) comprises 23 pairs of biographies , each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman , as well as four unpaired , single lives . It is a work of considerable importance , not only as a source of information about the individuals described , but also about the times in which they lived . </P>
<P> Plutarch 's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans , commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch 's Lives , is a series of biographies of famous men , arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings , probably written at the beginning of the second century AD . The surviving Parallel Lives ( Greek : Βίοι Παράλληλοι , Bíoi Parállēloi ) comprises 23 pairs of biographies , each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman , as well as four unpaired , single lives . It is a work of considerable importance , not only as a source of information about the individuals described , but also about the times in which they lived . </P>
who wrote the biography parallel lives of illustrious
who wrote the biography parallel lives of illustrious
Plutarch
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