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  September 2, 2025

  Lycurgus and Numa: Plutarch’s Lives, Part II

  Lycurgus and Numa are an interesting pairing because both are famous for establishing the moral code of their respective societies, Sparta in the case of…

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  September 1, 2025

  Theseus and Romulus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part I

  Chronologically, two of Plutarch’s first pair of lives deal with Theseus and Romulus, figures that may or may not have ever really lived. Both were…