Project Gutenberg 2004-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 475 Plutarch 46 119 Long, George 1800 1879 Stewart, Aubrey 1844 1918 Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4) Reading ease score: 56.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Life of Pelopidas -- Life of Marcellus -- Comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus -- Life of Aristeides -- Life of Marcus Cato -- Comparison of Aristeides and Cato -- Life of Philopoemen -- Life of Titus Flamininus -- Comparison of Philopoemen and Titus -- Life of Pyrrhus -- Life of Caius Marius -- Life of Lysander -- Life of Sulla -- Comparison of Lysander and Sulla -- Life of Kimon -- Life of Lucullus -- Comparison of Kimon and Lucullus. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4)" by Plutarch is a historical account written during the late 19th century. This volume continues the exploration of the lives of notable figures from ancient history, specifically focusing on the lives of Pelopidas, Marcellus, and several others. Plutarch's work provides insights into the character, virtues, and triumphs of these individuals, examining their impact on their respective societies and the fields of war, politics, and philosophy. At the start of this volume, Plutarch introduces the life of Pelopidas, illustrating his valor and leadership qualities through various anecdotes and details from his life experiences. The opening portion discusses the moral implications of courage and risking one’s life for duty, using examples from Pelopidas and other historical figures. It demonstrates Pelopidas's dedication to his country and the strong bond he shared with Epameinondas. The narrative describes their fight against the Spartan regime in Thebes and touches upon key events leading to the liberation of their city. Overall, the beginning of this volume emphasizes themes of honor, friendship, and the responsibilities of leadership in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 DE Text Harvard Classics Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: History - General 1309532 1309533 2024-10-06T11:22:04.421316 2023-10-06T11:49:30.035947 text/html text/html 1331614 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 465684 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 563938 2024-10-06T11:22:22.029209 application/epub+zip 583113 2024-10-06T11:22:09.134253 application/epub+zip 569420 2024-10-06T11:22:07.136285 application/epub+zip 1009846 2024-10-06T11:22:31.587129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 949944 2024-10-06T11:22:20.336236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909754 2022-09-07T14:38:11.652976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1159970 1159888 2024-10-06T11:22:02.419303 2023-10-06T11:49:28.237936 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1160961 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/plain; charset=utf-8 433780 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1158902 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 432066 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1159734 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 431951 2020-12-18T17:41:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 25375 2024-10-06T11:22:31.880139 application/rdf+xml 16618 2024-10-06T11:22:07.764250 image/jpeg 4175 2024-10-06T11:22:07.449281 image/jpeg 537214 2024-10-06T11:22:04.527291 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia