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Contents 1 The other table 2 Color Scheme 3 The Parallel Lives and the Solo Lives 4 Improvements

[edit] The other table

I have fixed several errors in this table regarding mistaken identifications. (I caught Brutus, Dion, and Aratus.) However, the other table (such as appears on the Parallel Lives page) is still in error, and I don't know how to fix it or comment upon it. Once it is correct, it also needs to be removed from the erroneous biographies and added to the correct ones. 132.161.166.27 03:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Good eye. As soon as this template is appropriate, and fleshed out I will replace the older one with mine, which as you've noted is derivative of it. It can be found at Template:Plutarch's_lives -BiancaOfHell 17:46, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Removed the old Plutarch template from the Dio Chrysostom page, and put the new Plutarch (orange one) on the Dion_(tyrant_of_Syracuse) page.-BiancaOfHell 17:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, removed old template from the incorrect Brutus Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus and placed new template at the correct Brutus Marcus_Junius_Brutus. -BiancaOfHell 18:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

And Finally, did as before for incorrect Aratus and placed new Plutarch template at the Aratus of Sicyon page. -BiancaOfHell 18:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Artaxerxes has also been corrected to refer properly to Artaxerxes II of Persia instead of Artaxerxes I of Persia. -BiancaOfHell 05:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Color Scheme

I've reverted the colors. They're bright. Not dull. If it's really inappropriate then they could be removed again at a later time, but I'd like to give them a run at least. -BiancaOfHell 15:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Parallel Lives and the Solo Lives

There might be a better way of clarifying which of the Lives are the parallel ones and which are the solo biographies, without complicating the template: Aratus of Sicyon, Artaxerxes, Galba, Otho. Maybe even which pairs of Lives have comparisons that are still extant. And which ones start with the Roman lives first(Aemilius Paulus-Timoleon, Coriolanus-Alcibiades and Sertorius-Eumenes.), instead of Plutarch's general trend of starting with Greek lives. Probably conveying this information is beyond a template's use. -BiancaOfHell 18:22, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The template for the Macedon Kings uses footnotes in an interesting way. Could adopt style. see Template:MacedonKings -BiancaOfHell 22:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I think a marker such as (1) Comparison extant ... might be a good start.-BiancaOfHell 23:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Improvements

could rename 'The Translators' to 'Editors and Translators' since John Dryden and possibly Clough were nothing more than editors. Maybe 'Editors, translators and biographers? Include Rualdus then ... Maybe two sections... Translators... and Editors/Biographers? Anyways, there's room for improvement.-BiancaOfHell 13:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)