Plutarch

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Greek writer Middle Platonist biographer essayist historian moralist philosopher priest

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Plutarch canonical 127
Plutarch of Chaeronea 7
Plutarch, Life of Theseus 1

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plutarch of Chaeronea
bornIn Boeotia ⓘ
Chaeronea ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate c. 119 CE ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
moral essay ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasPart Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
nativeName Plutarch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Πλούταρχος
notableWork Moralia ⓘ
Parallel Lives ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Middle Platonism ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
servedAs priest of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
subjectOf Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form: Plutarch’s Lives (various translations)
writingStyle comparative biography ⓘ
wrote Moralia ⓘ
Parallel Lives ⓘ

Referenced by (138)

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

Second Sacred War → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Donations of Alexandria → recordedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Caesar’s civil war → documentedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Actium → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Sabines → mentionedInSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne → influencedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → influenced → Plutarch ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → usedAsSourceBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Battle of Beneventum → recordedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Timaeus of Tauromenium → influenced → Plutarch ⓘ
Themistocles → source → Plutarch ⓘ
Pythia → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Xanthippus → source → Plutarch ⓘ
Plutarch → name → Plutarch self-link ⓘ
Plutarch → birthName → Plutarch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch of Chaeronea
Plutarch → nativeName → Plutarch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Πλούταρχος
Pharsalus → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Lysander → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Battle of the Hydaspes → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Loeb Classical Library → includesAuthor → Plutarch ⓘ
Battle of Aegospotami → primarySource → Plutarch ⓘ
labyrinth of the Minotaur → mentionedIn → Plutarch ⓘ
subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
this entity surface form: works of Plutarch
Macedonian court → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Middle Platonism → notableRepresentative → Plutarch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch of Chaeronea
Hyphasis → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women → narrativeSource → Plutarch ⓘ
subject surface form: The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin)
Aristarchus of Samos → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Anna Komnene's Alexiad → influencedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Acca Larentia → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Lupercalia → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Chaeronea → birthplaceOf → Plutarch ⓘ
Melissus of Samos → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Numa Pompilius → describedBySource → Plutarch ⓘ
King Porus → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus) → attributedTo → Plutarch ⓘ
subject surface form: Theseus's paradox
Third Servile War → documentedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Akademos → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
First Triumvirate → describedBySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms → describedBySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Lucius Cornelius Cinna → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Fulvia → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Epaminondas → describedBySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Titus Labienus → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus → described by → Plutarch ⓘ
Troizen → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Troizen → mentionedInWork → Plutarch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch, Life of Theseus
Sabine people → describedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Roman triumphs → documentedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Marcus Claudius Marcellus → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ