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4 days ago · Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, [ 5] about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was long established in the town; his father was named Autobulus and his grandfather was named Lamprias. [ 4]
4 days ago · Plutarch was born, somewhere around a.d. 40, into a leading family of the town of Chaeronea, in northern Boeotia, not far from Delphi.
Aug 9, 2024 · Plutarch and his contemporaries faced a language problem. It is a feature of Greek, as of much Latin, literature that its language diverges widely from that of the author's daily speech. Greek ...
4 days ago · Despite not being a biography of Cleopatra, the Life of Antonius written by Plutarch in the 1st century AD provides the most thorough surviving account of Cleopatra's life.
4 days ago · Julius Caesar was born on 12 July 100 BC into a patrician family, the gens Julia, which claimed descent from Iulus, son of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, supposedly the son of the goddess Venus. His father died when he was just 16, leaving Caesar as the head of the household.
6 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.
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Aug 8, 2024 · Moralia. 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. Some sayings pertain to the reaction of Spartan mothers to their sons' death in battle while others purport to be the reaction ...
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