Plut. Comp. Cim. Luc.

Comparison of Cimon and Lucullus

One might deem Lucullus especially happy in his end, from the fact that he died before that constitutional change had come, which fate was already contriving by means of the civil wars. His country was in a distempered state when he laid down his life, but still she was free. And in this respect, more than any other, he is like Cimon. For Cimon also died before Greece was confounded, and while…Read now

Author: Plutarch
Chapters: 1-3
Translator: Bernadotte Perrin

Comparison of Cimon and Lucullus

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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Bernadotte PerrinDefaultPerrin translationThe translation of Bernadotte Perrin, as printed in Plutarch's Lives (Loeb Classical Library).One might deem Lucullus especially happy in his end, from the fact that he died before that constitutional change had come, which fate was already contriving by means of the civil wars. His country was in a distempered state when he laid down his life, but…

Cimon and Lucullus

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