Plutarch's Lives Vol. 1

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. The surviving Parallel Lives, contain twenty-three 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.

Vietile lui Plutarh din nobilii greci si romani, denumite in mod obisnuit Vieti paralele sau Vietile lui Plutarh, sunt o serie de biografii ale unor oameni celebri, aranjate in tandem pentru a le lumina virtutile morale comune sau esecurile. Vietile paralele supravietuitoare contin douazeci si trei de perechi de biografii, fiecare pereche constand dintr-o greaca si una romana, precum si patru vieti nepereche, singure.