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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Coriolanus

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Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus follows Caius Marcius, a patrician soldier of the early Roman Republic, from his first campaign to his death among the Volscians. It covers the secession of the plebeians, the capture of Corioli that gave him his name, his condemnation and exile after clashing with the tribunes, and his march on Rome with the Volscians, which his mother Volumnia and the women of Rome turn back. It is paired with the Life of Alcibiades, and the two are followed by a comparison.

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 15 passages, about 16000 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1916)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 4, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1916 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Coriolanus 1.1 (by chapter, section; Comparison: comp, chapter, section)

Contents · 15 passages

  1. 1.1–4.4Caius Marcius: the Marcii, the oak crown and the Dioscuri1268 words
  2. 5.1–7.2The plebeian secession to the Sacred Mount and Menenius Agrippa's fable775 words
  3. 8.1–9.6The siege of Corioli and the battle against the Antiates985 words
  4. 10.1–11.4Marcius refuses his reward and is named Coriolanus750 words
  5. 12.1–14.4Famine, the colony at Velitrae and the raid on Antium968 words
  6. 15.1–17.4Marcius loses the consulship and attacks the tribunate1168 words
  7. 18.1–20.5The trial of Marcius and his banishment from Rome1369 words
  8. 21.1–23.5Marcius goes into exile, disguises himself like Odysseus and sits at the hearth of Tullus Aufidius949 words
  9. 24.1–25.3The dream of Titus Latinus and the bad dancer of Zeus (Jupiter)741 words
  10. 26.1–29.4Marcius leads the Volscians against Rome and takes Bola1242 words
  11. 30.1–32.7Marcius at the gates of Rome; the priests' embassy1377 words
  12. 33.1–35.5Valeria, Volumnia and the women of Rome go to Marcius1153 words
  13. 36.1–38.4Volumnia persuades Marcius; the temple of Women's Fortune952 words
  14. 39.1–6The death of Marcius at Antium604 words
  15. comp.1.1–comp.5.2Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus1732 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1916). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 4, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1916 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library); translation public domain. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.