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Plutarch's Lives - http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index-Plutarch.html
All of the classic biographies of heroes and villains from ancient Greece and Rome. The English text is awkward and antiquated, but it's the complete Dryden edition (1683), as revised by A.H. Clough (1864). |
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15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives - http://www.e-classics.com
Abridged modern English version of the classic biographies. The most heroic of the Greek lives, in an easy-to-read style, with clickable vocabulary for the student, and an Ancient Greece Links page. Start here if you've never read Plutarch before. |
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Chaironeia: Plutarch's Home on the Web - http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/chaironeia/
Kenneth Mayer's collection of links and Plutarchian lore. |
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Shakespeare's Sources in Plutarch's Parallel Lives - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/plutarch.north.html
A few biographies of ancient Roman and Greek heroes from J. W. Skeat's 19th century edition of Sir Thomas North's 1579 English edition. The North edition was a Renaissance best-seller in England, and Shakespeare borrowed heavily from it for his plays. Provided by the Perseus Project at Tufts University. |
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Plutarch - His Life and Legacy - http://www.e-classics.com/plutarch.htm
Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance. |