Plutarch's

Borrowing a literary device from Plutarch's Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, Machiavelli also used incidents from the Italian Renaissance.

Dr. Philip Neches: Lessons From Machiavelli Dr. Philip Neches 2011

He supplements his linguistic knowledge with the ability to read after discovering copies of Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives, and Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther

Plot Summary 2010

A few lines from Plutarch's Lives speak volumes: It was not said amiss by Antisthenes when people told him that one Ismenias was an excellent piper.

Bruce Fein: At the Edge of Self-Destruction Bruce Fein 2011

But historian Plutarch's writings describe a more gradual process in which the Macedonian leader had difficulty walking, then lost his speech and finally became so weak that as his troops filed past him, he could only follow them with his eyes.

Solving Darwin's Medical Mystery Melinda Beck 2011

'Plutarch's Lives,' which I possessed, contained the histories of the first founders of the ancient republics.

Chapter 15 2010

In the 18th century, the classical education of the young included the stories in Plutarch's Lives, the work of one of the fist chroniclers of the character and works of great men.

Terry Newell: In Need of Great Americans Terry Newell 2011

In the 18th century, the classical education of the young included the stories in Plutarch's Lives, the work of one of the fist chroniclers of the character and works of great men.

Terry Newell: In Need of Great Americans Terry Newell 2011

If anyone is interested in the play, I highly recommend picking up Plutarch's "Lives" first, as Plutarch's account of Coriolanus was Shakespeare's source material, and Plutarch is much easier to follow than Shakespeare on this one.

First Look: Ralph Fiennes’ Modern Take on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus | /Film 2010

Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (circa 1603-1607); the description of Cleopatra on her royal barge is a near verbatim sample from Plutarch's Life of Mark Antony (75 A.D.).

David Shields: In Writing, Art, And Music, Everybody Steals 2010

Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (circa 1603-1607); the description of Cleopatra on her royal barge is a near verbatim sample from Plutarch's Life of Mark Antony (75 A.D.).

David Shields: In Writing, Art, And Music, Everybody Steals David Shields 2010