Noun
a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays
Source: WordNetThere is an odd synchronicity in the way parallel lives veer to touch one another, change direction, and then come close again and again until they connect and hold for whatever it was that fate intended to happen. Ann Rule
If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter. Norman Spinrad
It can be found in the appendix to Plutarch’s Parallel Lives as well as in various Moralia manuscripts, most prominently in Maximus Planudes’s edition where Galba and Otho appear as “Opera” XXV and XXVI. Source: Internet
" Plutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Crassus, 11.8 In Plutarch's account Pompey was asked to stand for the consulship. Source: Internet
Plutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Crassus, 12.1 However, in office they did not remain friendly. Source: Internet
Latin translations There are multiple translations of Parallel Lives into Latin, most notably the one titled "Pour le Dauphin" (French for "for the Prince") written by a scribe in the court of Louis XV of France and a 1470 Ulrich Han translation. Source: Internet