Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives Context triple: [Hannibal, describedIn, Plutarch’s Parallel Lives]
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Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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Xenophon’s Symposium
Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
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Suetonius
Suetonius was a Roman historian and biographer best known for his work "The Twelve Caesars," which provides detailed accounts of the lives of Rome’s early emperors.
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Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives Target entity description: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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A.
Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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B.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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C.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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Xenophon’s Symposium
Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
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E.
Suetonius
Suetonius was a Roman historian and biographer best known for his work "The Twelve Caesars," which provides detailed accounts of the lives of Rome’s early emperors.
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Subject: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives Description of subject: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Parallel Lives of Noble Greeks and Romans
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Plutarch's Lives
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Plutarch's Lives
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corpus of Plutarch’s Lives
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives corpus
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives collection
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives series
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Moralia and Lives tradition of Plutarch
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Plutarch's Lives
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corpus of Plutarch’s Lives
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Plutarch's Parallel Lives
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Volume 12: Plutarch's Lives (Selections)