Plutarch's Life of Aristides the Just
By Plutarch (Greece (Athens))
The incorruptible Athenian statesman who won the title 'The Just' for his scrupulous fairness, quiet poverty, and unswerving devotion to truth. Moral focus: Incorruptible justice, modest poverty, and public integrity.
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Lesson 1: The Boy Who Would Not Lie
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The Boy Who Would Not Lie
Early devotion to justice, refusing to gain advantage by deceit even in schoolboy games; admiring Lycurgus.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Boy Who Would Not Lie
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Lesson 2: Rivalry with Themistocles
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Lesson 3: Marathon: Guarding the Persian Spoils
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Lesson 4: The Title of 'The Just'
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Lesson 5: The Ostracism and the Illiterate Citizen
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Lesson 6: The Midnight Meeting before Salamis
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Lesson 7: The Slaughter on the Islet of Psyttaleia
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Lesson 8: The Spartan Embassy & The Rejection of Bribes
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Lesson 9: The Battle of Plataea: The Final Victory
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Lesson 10: Assessing the Delian League: The Fair Tribute
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Lesson 11: The Poverty of Aristides
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Lesson 12: The Honorable Tomb at Phalerum
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