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Plutarch (/ ˈ p l uː t ɑːr k /; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koinē Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; c. AD 46 – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
Apr 2, 2024 · 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.
Sep 7, 2010 · Plutarch. First published Tue Sep 7, 2010; substantive revision Tue Nov 4, 2014. 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 famous for his biographical works in his Parallel Lives which present an entertaining history of some of the most significant figures from antiquity.
Plutarch - Biographer, Historian, Philosopher: Plutarch’s later influence has been profound. He was loved and respected in his own time and in later antiquity; his Lives inspired a rhetorician, Aristides, and a historian, Arrian, to write similar comparisons, and a copy accompanied the emperor Marcus Aurelius when he took the field against ...
The philosophers Plutarch most admires not only encourage virtuous action in their students but themselves engage in political life. Plutarch praises Plato for liberating Syracuse through Dion, Aristotle for freeing Stageira, and Theophrastus for overthrowing tyrants in his native Eresos.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Plutarch . Plutarch , Greek Plutarchos Latin Plutarchus, (born ad 46, Chaeronea, Boeotia—died after 119), Greek biographer and author. The son of a biographer and philosopher, Plutarch studied in Athens, taught in Rome, traveled widely, and made ...
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