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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: Biographien des Plutarchs

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    First published in 1860 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Select lives of Plutarch: containing the most illustrations characters of antiquity

    First published in 1810 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ploutarchou Bioi parallēloi =: Plutarchi Vitae parallelae

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  • Cover of: Plutarchi Chaeronensis Varia scripta quae Moralia vulgo vocantur: ad optimorum librorum fidem ...

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    First published in 2011 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ploutarchou Nikias. Life of Nicias; with Introd. , Notes and Lexicon by Hubert A. Holden

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Plutarchi Vitae Parallelae. Iterum Recognovit Carolus Sintenis; Volumen 3

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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives: Volume the Eighth

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

Born c. 46
Died c. 120

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Biography, Ethics, Generals, History, Translations into English, Kings and rulers, Statesmen, Greece, biography, Rome, biography, Philosophy, Ancient Ethics, Rome, Biographies, Classical biography, Greek literature, History and criticism, Plutarch, Greek essays, Translations into Italian, Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Aphorisms and apothegms, Classical philology, Education

Places

Greece, Rome, Rome (Empire), Athens (Greece), Grèce, Athens, Italy, Macedonia, Rome (Italy), Sicily (Italy), Sparta, Sparta (Extinct city), America, Delphi (Extinct city), Grecia, Grecja, Greece (Extinct city), Historiography, India, Rzym (państwo)

People

Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Alcibiades, Marcus Antonius (83?-30 B.C), Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pericles (499-429 B.C), Themistocles (ca. 524-ca. 459 B.C), Demosthenes, Cnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Aratus of Sicyon (271-213 B.C), Aristides the Just, Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (154-121 B.C), Nicias, Epicurus, Marcus Junius Brutus (85?-42 B.C), Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C), Osiris (Egyptian deity), Aratus Solensis, Herodotus, Homer, Isis (Egyptian deity), Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Salvius Otho Emperor of Rome (32-69)

Time

Republic, 265-30 B.C., Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C., To 146 B.C., To 800, 265-30 B.C., 53-44 B.C., First Triumvirate, 60-53 B.C., Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C., Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C., Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C., To 146 B.C, To 1500, To 324 B.C.

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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