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Title: The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch
Being Parts of The "Lives" of Plutarch

Author: Plutarch

Editor: John S. White

Posting Date: January 4, 2009 [EBook #2484]
Release Date: January, 2001

Language: English

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THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' PLUTARCH

BEING PARTS OF THE "LIVES" OF PLUTARCH

By Plutarch

Edited for Boys and Girls With Introductions By John S. White

Head-Master Berkeley School

Table of Contents

Life of Theseus
Life of Romulus
Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
Life of Lycurgus
Life of Solon
Life of Themistocles
Life of Camillus
Life of Pericles
Life of Demosthenes
Life of Cicero
Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
Life of Alcibiades
Life of Coriolanus
Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus
Life of Aristides
Life of Cimon
Life of Pompey
The Engines of Archimedes; from the Life of Marcellus
Description of Cleopatra; from the Life of Antony
Anecdotes from the Life of Agesilaus
The Brothers; from the Life of Timoleon
The Wound of Philopoemen
A Roman Triumph; from the Life of Paulus Aemilius
The Noble Character of Caius Fabricius; from the Life of Pyrrhus
From the Life of Quintus Fabius Maximus
The Cruelty of Lucius Cornelius Sylla
The Luxury of Lucullus
From the Life of Sertorius the Roman, who endeavored to establish
a separate Government for himself in Spain
The Scroll; from the Life of Lysander
The Character of Marcus Cato
The Sacred Theban Band; from the Life of Pelopidas
From the Life of Titus Flamininus, Conqueror of Philip
Life of Alexander the Great
The Death of Caesar

THESEUS

As geographers crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world
which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect
that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts,
unapproachable b