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Plutarch (c. AD 46 – after AD 119) was a Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches.
Plutarch, biographer and author whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century. Among his approximately 227 works, the most important are Parallel Lives and Moralia, or Ethica.
- Frank W. Walbank
- Plutarch was a Greek biographer and author born in the 1st century CE whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, an...
- Plutarch’s popularity rests primarily on his Parallel Lives, biographies of Greek and Roman heroes in pairs, chosen for their similarity of charact...
- Plutarch was a prolific writer who produced over 200 works, not all of which survived antiquity. Besides the Parallel Lives, the Moralia (or Ethica...
- Plutarch held the chief magistracy and other municipal posts in Chaeronea and directed a school there with a focus on philosophy, especially ethics...
- Plutarch was the son of Aristobulus, himself a biographer and philosopher. Plutarch was married to a woman named Timoxena, and they had at least fi...
Sep 7, 2010 · Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia (ca. 45–120 CE) was a Platonist philosopher, best known to the general public as author of his “Parallel Lives” of paired Greek and Roman statesmen and military leaders.
Feb 25, 2016 · L. Mestrius Plutarchus, better known simply as Plutarch, was a Greek writer and philosopher who lived between c. 45-50 CE and c. 120-125 CE. A prodigious and hugely influential writer, he is now most...
- Mark Cartwright
Apr 7, 2024 · Plutarch is a historical figure whose name is a fundamental part of the world’s shared history, standing as one of antiquity's most revered biographers and philosophers.
Learn about Plutarch, a biographer, historian, and philosopher who wrote the Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans and the Moralia. Explore his reputation and influence in antiquity and beyond, from Aristides and Arrian to Montaigne and Shakespeare.
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Parallel Lives is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written by the Greco-Roman philosopher Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century. Each pair of biographies compares a Greek and a Roman figure, such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, or Demosthenes and Cicero.
