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Parallel Lives I
Parallel Lives I
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There are exceptional individuals who leave their mark on our time and play a decisive role in world history; only the future can tell whether this action is lasting, harmful, or beneficial. At the very beginning of the 2nd century AD, the Greek writer Plutarch of Chaeronea chose to resurrect some of these illustrious figures in his Parallel Lives, because he believed in the virtue of example.
This volume brings together a selection of lives of Greek and Roman conquerors: Alexander, the conqueror par excellence, and Caesar, who would be haunted by his example throughout his life; Coriolanus and Alcibiades, two ambitious men who, out of bravado or a spirit of revenge, turned their eminent qualities against their homeland; and finally, two heroes who shared the same taste for pleasure, good food, and drinking bouts, the same influence and the same cowardice: Demetrius and Antony.
For Plutarch knew that men change with circumstances, powerful or miserable, shaped by life, seized by death at the moment they thought they were about to achieve their dream, or simply when nature, exhausted by excesses and the pursuit of an insane hope, reminded them that they were mortal.
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Parallel Lives I - © 2026 The Ancient Grimoire
There are exceptional individuals who leave their mark on our era and play a decisive role in world history; only the future can tell whether their actions are lasting, harmful, or beneficial. At the very beginning of the 2nd century AD, the Greek writer Plutarch of Chaeronea chose to resurrect some of these illustrious figures in his *Parallel Lives*, because he believed in the virtue of example. This volume gathers a selection of lives of Greek and Roman conquerors: Alexander, the conqueror par excellence and the one whose example Caesar would be haunted by his entire life; Coriolanus and Alcibiades, two ambitious men who, out of bravado or a spirit of revenge, turned their eminent qualities against their homelands; finally, two heroes who shared the same taste for pleasure, good food, and drinking, the same influence, and the same spinelessness: Demetrius and Antony. For Plutarch knew that men change with circumstances, powerful or wretched, shaped by life, seized by death at the moment they believed they were about to achieve their dream, or simply when nature, exhausted by excess and the pursuit of insane hope, reminded them that they are mortal. - © 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien
