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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: Plutarch's Morals

    First published in 1500 211 editions in 12 languages — 39 previewable Cover of edition plutarchsmorals04plut Cover of edition plutarchsmoralst01plutuoft Cover of edition plutarchsmoralia0017plut Cover of edition plutarchsmoralst03plutuoft Cover of edition moralia03plut Cover of edition moralia01plut Cover of edition moralia04plut Cover of edition moraliainfiftee07plut Cover of edition plutarchichaeron01plutuoft
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's lives.: The translation called Dryden's.

    First published in 1564 322 editions in 13 languages — 50 previewable Cover of edition plutarchsliv02plut Cover of edition plutarchslivescl00plutrich Cover of edition plutarchslivesth0000plut Cover of edition plutarchslives001plut Cover of edition plutarchslivestr02plut2 Cover of edition plutarchslives00languoft Cover of edition plutarchslivestr01plu Cover of edition livesofnoblegrec00plutiala Cover of edition cu31924015764370
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  • Cover of: Life of Dion

    First published in 1478 80 editions in 11 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition oldworldworthies00plutiala Cover of edition greeklivesfrompl00plutuoft Cover of edition plutarchslivesof00plutrich Cover of edition plutarchivitaep00plutgoog Cover of edition plutarchivitaep01plutgoog Cover of edition plutarchivitaep04plutgoog Cover of edition plutarchivitaep03sintgoog Cover of edition plutarchivitaep07plutgoog Cover of edition plutarchivitaep02plutgoog
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  • Cover of: The life of Alexander the Great

    First published in 2004 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives: Volume One

    First published in 1908 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition plutarchslivesof01plutuoft Cover of edition plutarchlivesofn00plut_0
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  • Cover of: The rise and fall of Athens: nine Greek lives: Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, Lysander.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Six of Plutarch's Greek lives [newly translated, with introd. and notes by Bernadotte Perrin.]

    First published in 1804 39 editions in 5 languages — 22 previewable Cover of edition sixofplutarchsgr00plutuoft Cover of edition ploutarchoubioip04plutuoft Cover of edition liveswithenglish03plutuoft Cover of edition liveswithenglish05plut Cover of edition livesdrydenpluta00plutuoft Cover of edition livestranslatedf01plutuoft Cover of edition sixofplutarchsgr01plutuoft Cover of edition ploutarchoubioip06plut Cover of edition ploutarchoubioip09plut
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  • Cover of: Makers of Rome, nine lives: Coriolanus, Fabius Maximus, Macellus, Cato the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Brutus, Mark Antony

    First published in 1965 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2

    First published in 1821 7 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition plutarchslivesth0000plut_h8x2 Cover of edition plutarchslivestr02plut_0 Cover of edition plutarchslives27plutgoog Cover of edition plutarchslives05drydgoog Cover of edition vitaeparallelae01sintgoog Cover of edition plutarchslivesvo00plut_1
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  • Cover of: On Sparta (Penguin Classics)

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's lives

    First published in 1916 3 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition plutarchslives0000unse
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  • Cover of: Ten famous lives.

    First published in 1962 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Fall of the Roman Republic: six lives: Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar [and] Cicero.

    First published in 1959 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition fallofromanrepub00plut_1 Cover of edition fallofromanrepub00plut_0
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Plutarch on Sparta (Penguin Classics)

    First published in 1988 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Le vite parallele di Plutarco

    First published in 1910 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Plutarch Lives, IV, Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla

    First published in 1916 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The children's Plutarch: tales of the Greeks

    First published in 1906 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition childrensplutarc00plutiala
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  • Cover of: The education or bringinge up of children

    First published in 1535 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Isis et Osiris

    First published in 1924 4 editions in 1 language
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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