The Greek biographer, historian, essayist, and moralist Plutarch (ca. 46-ca. 120) has been described as one of the most influential writers who ever lived. Paradoxically, Plutarch the man who was the biographer of many others, had no biographer except...

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared Together by . . . Plutarke of Charomea: Translated out of Greeke into French by J. Amyot. . . Bishop of Auxerre . . . and out of French into Englishe, translated by Thomas North (London: T....

Plutarch of Chaeronea was the author of essays, dialogues, and letters known collectively as the Moralia as well as a collection of paired biographies known as the Parallel Lives. He was a kind man, devoted to his family and friends, and active in...

Plutarch of Chaeronea(C. 46 s Lives: Exploring Virtue and Vice. Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press,...

c. 46-119 Greek biographer and historian whose extensive writings on history, politics, religion, ethics, philosophy, and literature contributed significantly to the linking of Greek and Roman culture. He traveled in Egypt, Italy, and Greece, lecturing...

PLUTARCH (L. Mestrios Ploutarchos, before 50–after 120 CE) was born at Chaironeia near Thebes. He spent much time at Athens but in later life seems to have resided mostly at Chaironeia and at Delphi, where he held a priesthood. He was a good...

(Lucius?) Mestrius Plutarchus (Greek: Πλούταρχος; c. 46 AD - 120 AD), better known in English as Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist.[1] Plutarch was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia...

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In the following essay, originally published in 1895, Wyndham explains that Jacques Amyot's translation of Plutarch was the source for Sir Thomas North's translation, which in turn was used by Shakespeare in his Roman plays.

In the following essay, Lamberton examines Plutarch's predecessors in the genre of the dialogue and discusses how he developed this form beyond his models.

In the following essay, Russell examines characteristic traits of Plutarch's literary style.

Plutarch's proes convey a knowledge of the natural world as well as his ability to validly understand and interpret it. His essays like, On Being Aware of Moral Progress, On Listening, and How to Distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend, could not have came at a better time in Greek History as there was a need for a philosopher of his caliber.