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grbs-14997	Nevin, Sonya	Negative Comparison in Plutarch's Agesilaus-Pompey	2014	24	.pdf	application/pdf	8794	395	61	Plutarch undermines these comparisons, so that Pompey’s failure is expressed through the demonstra- tion that he was not so great as Alexander, while Agesilaus is shown to have been less great than Agamemnon. Love of victory: key themes in the Agesilaus-Pompey In an explicit authorial intervention early in the Agesilaus, Plutarch writes that while some philosophers consider conflicts essential, it is his opinion that “if they are pushed to extremes, [conflicts] are most harmful to states and carry great dangers with them” (Ages. 5.3–4).	cache/grbs-14997.pdf	txt/grbs-14997.txt