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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 Lives; Volume 1

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    First published in 1957 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives: Volume 1

    First published in 2021 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Complete works

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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives: Complete Works

    First published in 2009 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Plutarch's Lives V6

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    First published in 2008 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Plutarchs ausgewählte Biographien

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    First published in 1567 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Vol 3

    First published in 2012 — 5 editions
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    First published in 2018 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Vies des Hommes Illustres de Plutarque: Thesée, Romulus, Lycurgue, Numa, Solon, Publicola...

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  • Cover of: Plutarch's lives of illustrious men: Volume IV

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  • Cover of: Plutarque : Vies parallèles, tome 2

    First published in 1969 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of illustrious men.: Translated from the Greek: with notes, critical and historical; and a life of Plutarch

    First published in 1853 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The lives of the noble Grecians & Romanes compared by that grave learned philosopher and historiogrpaher: With the fifteen supplementary lives of 1603. Vol. 3.

    First published in 1929 — 4 editions
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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, Translations into English, Greek literature, History, Philosophy, Rome, Rome, biography, Ancient Ethics, Generals, Kings and rulers, Greece, biography, Statesmen, Biographies, Classical biography, Classical philology, Education, Greek essays, History and criticism, Juvenile literature, Aphorisms and apothegms, Greek and Roman Music, Isis (Egyptian deity), Osiris (Egyptian deity)

Places

Greece, Rome, Rome (Empire), Grèce, Italy, Rome (Italy), America, Grecia, Grecja, Historiography, Rzym (państwo), Sicily (Italy), Sparta

People

Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Pericles (499-429 B.C), Marcus Tullius Cicero, Alcibiades, Demosthenes, Cnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, Marcus Antonius (83?-30 B.C), Themistocles (ca. 524-ca. 459 B.C), Aratus of Sicyon (271-213 B.C), Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Aristides the Just, Marcus Junius Brutus (85?-42 B.C), Aratus Solensis, Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (154-121 B.C), Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C), Osiris (Egyptian deity), Pericles (ca. 495-429 B.C), Plutarchus, Timoleon (ca. 411-337 B.C), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Agis, Aristides, the Just, Cicéron

Time

To 146 B.C., 53-44 B.C., First Triumvirate, 60-53 B.C., Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C., Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C., Republic, 265-30 B.C., To 1500, 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