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Plutarch
Greek biographer
Also known as: Plutarchos, Plutarchus
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Arts & Culture
- Greek:
- Plutarchos
- Latin:
- Plutarchus
- Born:
- 46 ce, Chaeronea, Boeotia [Greece]
- Died:
- after 119 ce
- Notable Works:
- “Moralia”
- “Parallel Lives”
- Subjects Of Study:
- Spartacus
- Third Servile War
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Plutarch (born 46 ce, Chaeronea, Boeotia [Greece]—died after 119 ce) was a 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 the Bioi parallēloi (Parallel Lives), in which he recounts the noble deeds and characters of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen, and the Moralia, or Ethica, a series of more than 60 essays on ethical, religious, physical, political, and literary topics. Plutarch was the son of Aristobulus, himself a biographer and ...(100 of 2777 words)