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Plutarch

c. 46 - c. 120

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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  • Cover of: Selected essays of Plutarch.

    First published in 1913 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Selected lives and essays

    First published in 1951 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Twelve lives

    First published in 1950 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Vidas Paralelas / Parallel Lives: Teseo - Romulo Licurgo- Numa (Biblioteca Clasica Gredos)

    First published in 2000 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Vitae

    First published in 1514 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: De musica

    First published in 1856 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives

    First published in 2017 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives of illustrious men

    First published in 1883 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Moralia

    First published in 1953 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Second Volume

    First published in 1895 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch: Moralia, Volume VI, Can Virtue Be Taught? On Moral Virtue. On the Control of Anger. On Tranquility of Mind. On Brotherly Love. On Affection for ... a Busybody (Loeb Classical Library No. 337)

    First published in 1939 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Biographien des Plutarchs

    First published in 1796 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition biographiendespl08plut
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  • Cover of: Biographien des Plutarchs

    First published in 1796 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition biographiendespl06plut
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  • Cover of: Biographien des Plutarchs

    First published in 1796 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition biographiendespl04plut
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  • Cover of: Vies des hommes illustres de Plutarque

    First published in 1877 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition viesdeshommesill02plut
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  • Cover of: Greek history: from Themistocles to Alexander

    First published in 1860 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Select lives of Plutarch: containing the most illustrations characters of antiquity

    First published in 1810 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Le vite degli uomini illustri

    First published in 1816 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition levitedegliuomi00plutgoog
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  • Cover of: Ploutarchou Bioi parallēloi =: Plutarchi Vitae parallelae

    First published in 1870 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ploutarchoubioi01plutgoog
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  • Cover of: Plutarchi Chaeronensis Varia scripta quae Moralia vulgo vocantur: ad optimorum librorum fidem ...

    First published in 1869 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition plutarchichaero18plutgoog
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Subjects
Biography, Early works to 1800, Ethics, Generals, History, Translations into English, Statesmen, Kings and rulers, Greece, biography, Philosophy, Rome, biography, Ancient Ethics, Rome, Biographies, Classical biography, Greek literature, History and criticism, Plutarch, Greek essays, Translations into Italian, Ancient History, Classical philology, Education, Greek and Roman Music, Isis (Egyptian deity)
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