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Plutarch

Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.

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Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)

Born c. 46
Died c. 120

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  • Cover of: Plutarch's life of Julius Caesar

    First published in 1915 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarchi Pythici dialogi tres

    First published in 1893 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Quae supersunt, omnia: graece et latine, principibus ex editionibus castigavit, virorumque doctorum suisque

    First published in 1874 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Quae supersunt, omnia: graece et latine, principibus ex editionibus castigavit, virorumque doctorum suisque

    First published in 1874 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch: the lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

    First published in 1952 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vie de Cicéron

    First published in 1873 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Greek History from Themistocles to Alexander: In a Series of Lives from Plutarch

    First published in 1870 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarchi Chaeronensis varia scripta quae Moralia vulgo vocantur

    First published in 1829 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vies des hommes illustres

    First published in 1845 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ploutarchou Perikles = Plutarch's Life of Pericles

    First published in 1894 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ploutarchou ... ta Ethika: Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, id est opera, exceptis vitis, reliqua

    First published in 1795 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Moralia in sixteen volumes

    First published in 1969 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Moralia in fifteen volumes

    First published in 1956 1 edition in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plvtarchi Chaeronensis Svmmi et philosophi et historici parallela: id est, vitae illvstrivm vivorvm Graecorvm et Romanorum

    First published in 1580 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Sagesse de Plutarque

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  • Cover of: Vita Caesaris: Introd., testo critico e commento con traduzione e indici a cura di Albino Garzetti

    First published in 1954 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's life of Timoleon

    First published in 1898 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ideal commonwealths: Plutarch's Lycurgus, More's Utopia, Bacon's New Atlantis, Campanella's City of the sun and a fragment of Hall's Mundus alter et idem

    First published in 1887 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives

    First published in 1801 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives

    First published in 1907 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)

Born c. 46
Died c. 120
Subjects
Biography, Early works to 1800, Ethics, Biographies, History, Translations into English, Classical biography, Greece, biography, Rome, Greek essays, Philosophy, ancient, Plutarch, Rome, biography, Statesmen, Generals, Juvenile literature, Kings and rulers, Religion, Social life and customs, Sources, Syriac language, Translations into French, Ancient Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Places
Rome, Greece, Rome (Empire), Grèce, Athens, Athens (Greece), Greece (Extinct city), India, Rome (Italy), Sicily (Italy), Sparta, Sparta (Extinct city)
People
Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Pericles (499-429 B.C), Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Marcus Tullius Cicero, Themistocles (ca. 524-ca. 459 B.C), Alcibiades, Demosthenes, Aristides the Just, Pericles (ca. 495-429 B.C), Aristides (ca. 530-ca. 468 B.C), Cicéron, Demetrius I Poliorcetes King of Macedonia (336-283 B.C), Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (154-121 B.C), Marcus Antonius (83?-30 B.C), Nicias, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Timoleon (ca. 411-337 B.C), Agesilaus, Alexandre le Grand (356-323 av. J.-C), Aratus Solensis, Aratus of Sicyon (271-213 B.C), Aristides, Aristides Quintilianus, Aristides of Athens
Time
265-30 B.C., Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C., Republic, 265-30 B.C., To 146 B.C, To 146 B.C., To 324 B.C., To 800

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Alternative names

  • Plutarch
  • Μέστριος Πλούταρχος
  • Πλούταρχος
  • Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
  • L. Mestrius Plutarchus
  • Plutarchus
  • Mestrius Plutarchus
  • Plutarch/Kindstrand
  • Plutarchus.
  • Plutarchos
  • Plutarco
  • Plutarco.
  • Plutarque
  • Plutarque.
  • De Plutarque
  • Plutarchus, Mestrius
  • L . Mestrius Plutarchus
  • Plutarchus Chaeronensis
  • Plutchard

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February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Added new photo
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import