Plutarch

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Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.

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Generate an image of Plutarch (Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.)

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Plutarch canonical 196
Plutarch of Chaeronea 7
Πλούταρχος 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek writer ⓘ
Middle Platonist ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
moralist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
priest ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
birthDate c. 46 CE ⓘ
birthName Plutarch of Chaeronea ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch
bornIn Boeotia ⓘ
Chaeronea ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate c. 119 CE ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
moral essay ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasPart Greek Lives ⓘ
Roman Lives ⓘ
influenced Francis Bacon ⓘ
Jacques Amyot ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
biographical literature ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
knownFor collection of essays and dialogues in Moralia ⓘ
moral interpretation of historical figures ⓘ
pairing Greek and Roman statesmen in Parallel Lives ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
name Plutarch ⓘ
nativeName Πλούταρχος ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch
notableWork Moralia ⓘ
Parallel Lives ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Middle Platonism ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
servedAs priest of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
subjectOf Plutarch’s Lives (various translations) ⓘ
writingStyle comparative biography ⓘ
wrote Moralia ⓘ
Parallel Lives ⓘ

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Referenced by (210)

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Actium → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Sabines → mentionedInSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Themistocles → source → Plutarch ⓘ
Pythia → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Xanthippus → source → Plutarch ⓘ
Plutarch → name → Plutarch ⓘ
Plutarch → birthName → Plutarch of Chaeronea ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch
Plutarch → nativeName → Πλούταρχος ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch
Pharsalus → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Lysander → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Labyrinth of the Minotaur → mentionedIn → works of Plutarch ⓘ
subject linked to: labyrinth of the Minotaur
linked to: Plutarch
Middle Platonism → notableRepresentative → Plutarch of Chaeronea ⓘ
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Hyphasis → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin) → narrativeSource → Plutarch ⓘ
subject linked to: The Rape of the Sabine Women
Acca Larentia → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Lupercalia → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Chaeronea → birthplaceOf → Plutarch ⓘ
Melissus of Samos → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
King Porus → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Theseus's paradox → attributedTo → Plutarch ⓘ
Akademos → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Fulvia → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Epaminondas → describedBySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Titus Labienus → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Troizen → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Troizen → mentionedInWork → Plutarch, Life of Theseus ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch
Sabine people → describedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Roman triumphs → documentedBy → Plutarch ⓘ