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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: Plutarchus Chaeroneus De curiositate: Idem de nugacitate. Interprete Ioanne Laurentio Veneto

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    First published in 1528 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Plutarchi Chaeronei philosophi historicique clarissimi, Opuscula (quae quidem extāt) omnia, undequaque collecta, & diligētissime iampridem recognita

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  • Cover of: Plvtarchi Chaeronei Philosophi, Et Historici Clariss: Opera Moralia, Qvae In hunc u[s]q[ue] diem latinè extant, uniuer[s]a. Huius uiri [s]ingularem di[s]ciplinarum omniũ [s]cientiam, & exqui[s]itam rerum uarietatem, [s]olidae eruditionis [s]tudio[s]o notiorem e[ss]e decet, quàm ut encomium eius aliquod hic expectet. Bibliothecã enim totam ecquis laudarit [s]atis ...

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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, 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.
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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import