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2 days ago · Epistemology, ethics, history, metaphysics. Plutarch ( / ˈpluːtɑːrk /; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koinē Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; c. AD 46 – after AD 119) [1] was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, [2] historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
1 day ago · Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.
1 day ago · According to Plutarch, Hera was an allegorical name and an anagram of aēr (ἀήρ, "air"). [5] So begins the section on Hera in Walter Burkert 's Greek Religion. [6] In a note, he records other scholars' arguments "for the meaning Mistress as a feminine to Heros, Master ", with uncertain origin.
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May 15, 2024 · Credit: Odysses/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 3.0. The ancient Greek historian Plutarch, who was also a philosopher and a high priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi , could be considered the first outspoken vegetarian in the West, as he believed that it is “immoral” to eat animal flesh.
May 2, 2024 · Also, in On the Obsolescence of the Oracles, the biographer Plutarch (c. 46–120 A.D.), who served as a priest of Apollo at Delphi, described an exhalation of vapor in the adyton that sent the Pythia into a trance.
3 days ago · Part of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, Life of Lycurgus, is a collection of anecdotes on the Spartan law-giver, Lycurgus, that provides valuable information about the laws and customs of the Greek city-state. This excerpt concerns laws related to the education of women and marriage.
6 days ago · Primary Source. Moralia. Annotation. Part of Plutarch's Moralia, these sayings by Spartan women demonstrate not only the martial culture of Sparta that emphasized physical courage and honor, but also the role of women in reinforcing that culture.
