- Plutarch - Wikipedia
Plutarch ( ˈpluːtɑːrk ; Ancient Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos, Koine Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; before AD 50 – after 120 [1]) was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, [2] historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi
- Plutarch | Biography, Works, Facts | Britannica
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
- Plutarch (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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
- Plutarch - World History Encyclopedia
Plutarch has an unerring sense of the drama of men in great situations His eye ranges over a wider field of human action than any of the classical historians He surveys men's conduct in war, in council, in love, in the use of money in religion, in the family, and he judges as a man of wide tolerance and ripe experience (11)
- The Legacy of Plutarch: One of the Greatest Minds of Ancient Greece
Plutarch pairs together figures from Greek and Roman history who share similar characteristics or who faced comparable challenges, allowing readers to draw parallels and contrasts between them
- Plutarch (AD 40-120) Discover history with reliable sources
Best known for Parallel Lives and the Moralia, Plutarch blended biography, philosophy, history, and moral instruction into an accessible and engaging form that inspired readers from the Renaissance to today
- Biography - Plutarch
Plutarch of Chaeronea is best known as the author of the Parallel Lives, a collection of forty-six short biographies arranged in pairs of Greeks and Romans He also wrote more than seventy treatises, dialogues, and speeches that have come down to us as the Moralia
- The Internet Classics Archive | Works by Plutarch
Works by Plutarch Aemilius Paulus Written 75 A C E Translated by John Dryden Agesilaus Written 75 A C E Translated by John Dryden Agis Written 75 A C E Translated by John Dryden Alcibiades Written 75 A C E Translated by John Dryden Alexander Written 75 A C E Translated by John Dryden Antony Written 75 A C E Translated by John Dryden
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