to his readers and suggests alternative trains of thought that might be possible for them to follow". This encourages the reader to acknowledge and appreciate contradicting viewpoints and broaden their moral perspectives.

The table below gives the list of the biographies. Its order follows the one found in the Lamprias Catalogue, the list of Plutarch's works made by his hypothetical son Lamprias. The table also features links to several English translations of Plutarch's Lives available online. While the four unpaired biographies are