Parallel Lives

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Cicero called Aristotle a river of flowing gold, and said of Plato’s Dialogues, that if Jupiter were to speak, it would be in language like theirs. Plutarch, Parallel Lives
impossible questions require impossible answers Plutarch, Alexander, sec. 54
There is nothing unreachable to those who have courage. Plutarch, Life of Alexander

Bull Run River (Oregon) (Wikipedia) The Bull Run River is a 21.9-mile (35.2 km) tributary of the Sandy River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning at the lower end of Bull Run Lake in the Cascade Range, it flows generally west through the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (BRWMU), a restricted area meant to protect the river and its tributaries from contamination. The river, impounded by two artificial storage reservoirs as well as the lake, is the primary source of drinking water for the city of Portland, Oregon.

The Wikipedia article contains links to multiple translations of each biography in the Parallel Lives series.

Parallel Lives (Wikipedia) The Parallel Lives (Greek: Βίοι Παράλληλοι, Bíoi Parállēloi; Latin: Vītae Parallēlae) is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written by the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, and Apollonian priest Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century…