Plutarch
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...
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Plutarch
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 Roma...
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Plutarch of Chaeronea(C. 46–After 119, Before 127 Ce)
Plutarch, a Greek biographer and Platonic philosopher, was born in Chaeronea, Boeotia. His teacher was Ammonius, an Egyptian Platonist who ...
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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 Engl...
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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 b...
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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, d...
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In the following introduction to his 1859 edition of Plutarch's Lives, Clough presents a biographical sketch of Plutarch and a summary of his chief weaknesses as a writer.
The collection so ...
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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.
The Dialogue as a Genre
The Lives ...
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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 u...
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In the following essay, Oakesmith discusses inconsistencies in Plutarch's religious and theological views and identifies some aspects of his beliefs that could be described as Christian.
We ...
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In the following essay, Tyrrell explores the qualities of the Lives that make it a literary classic.
‘And would they take the poor boy's life for the like o' that?’ ...
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In the following essay, Jones discusses Plutarch's views on Greek and Roman relations.
Plutarch's political treatises, above all the Political Precepts, have a special place among his...
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In the following essay, Russell examines characteristic traits of Plutarch's literary style.
There are extant forty-eight Lives by Plutarch, all but four of which belong to the series of Gre...
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In the following essay, Russell investigates Plutarch's interest in and use of folklore in his writings.
The late Victorian scholar Frank Byron Jevons was a folklorist of some distinction; h...
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In the following essay, Doyle provides a character sketch of Plutarch, discusses his portrayal of Mark Antony, and praises him for his ability to render the essential qualities of his subjects.
As ...
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In the following essay, Kimball speculates about some of the possible reasons why Plutarch is not widely read today.
What Histories can be found … that please and instruct like the Lives of ...
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The first century AD gave birth to Plutarch of Chaeronea. He was born into the Greco-Roman world during the Pax Romana, a time of peace that which had not been seen in all of the country's history. ...
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So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion being drawn by academics at Britain's University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius coin which depicts the celebrated queen...
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A love letter from Napoleon to his mistress Josephine sold for $557,000, more than five times its estimate, at a London auction that attracted spirited bidding for several rare items.The letter is ...
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It's the Rocky of tomatoes, lumpy but loved by fans.But consumers clamoring for juicy UglyRipe tomatoes this time of year have trouble finding them because of an industry pact that largely bans the...
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Plutarch
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Plutarch of Chaeronea (C. 46–After 119, Before 127 Ce)
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Critical Essay by Arthur Hugh Clough
The Validity of Plutarch
Ancient coin dulls Cleopatra's beauty
