Life of Pelopidas

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ancient Greek biography biographical essay part of Parallel Lives work of literature

Life of Pelopidas is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the Theban statesman and general Pelopidas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Life of Pelopidas canonical 2
Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas 1
Βίος Πύρρου 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek biography ⓘ
biographical essay ⓘ
part of Parallel Lives ⓘ
work of literature ⓘ
author Plutarch ⓘ
collection Parallel Lives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
describes Battle of Cynoscephalae ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC)

Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
Pelopidas’ role in overthrowing the Spartan garrison at Thebes ⓘ
Theban Sacred Band ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Band of Thebes

Theban hegemony ⓘ
Theban military campaigns ⓘ
Theban–Spartan wars ⓘ
surface form: Theban–Spartan conflicts
focusesOnPeriod 4th century BC Greece ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
historical prose ⓘ
hasTheme civic virtue ⓘ
friendship and comradeship in arms ⓘ
leadership in war ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
struggle against tyranny ⓘ
hasTitleInGreek Πελοπίδας ⓘ
hasTitleInLatin Pelopidas ⓘ
historicalSetting Boeotia ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
influencedBy Hellenistic historiography ⓘ
intendedFunction moral exemplum ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm prose narrative ⓘ
literaryPeriod Roman Imperial period ⓘ
mainSubject Pelopidas ⓘ
mentions Epaminondas ⓘ
Theban Sacred Band ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Band of Thebes

Sparta ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
pairedWith Life of Marcellus ⓘ
partOf Parallel Lives ⓘ
portrays Pelopidas ⓘ
surface form: Pelopidas as a courageous general

Pelopidas as a model of civic virtue ⓘ
Pelopidas ⓘ
surface form: Pelopidas as a patriotic Theban leader
preservedIn manuscript tradition of Parallel Lives ⓘ
tradition Greco-Roman biography ⓘ
workInCollectionWith Life of Marcellus ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives → hasPart → Life of Pelopidas ⓘ
Pelopidas → hasSource → Life of Pelopidas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas
Parallel Lives → hasPart → Life of Pelopidas ⓘ
Life of Pyrrhus → workTitle → Life of Pelopidas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Βίος Πύρρου