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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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Greek writer
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Middle Platonist → biographer → essayist → historian → moralist → philosopher → priest → |
| activeInPeriod |
1st century CE
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2nd century CE → |
| birthDate |
c. 46 CE
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| birthName |
Plutarch of Chaeronea
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| bornIn |
Boeotia
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Chaeronea → Greece → |
| citizenship |
Roman Empire
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| deathDate |
c. 119 CE
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| ethnicity |
Greek
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| genre |
biography
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moral essay → philosophical dialogue → |
| hasPart |
Greek Lives
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Roman Lives → |
| influenced |
Francis Bacon
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Jacques Amyot → Michel de Montaigne → Ralph Waldo Emerson → Renaissance humanism → William Shakespeare → biographical literature → historiography → |
| knownFor |
collection of essays and dialogues in Moralia
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moral interpretation of historical figures → pairing Greek and Roman statesmen in Parallel Lives → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| name |
Plutarch
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| nativeName |
Πλούταρχος
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| notableWork |
Moralia
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Parallel Lives → |
| occupation |
biographer
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essayist → philosopher → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Middle Platonism
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| religion |
Ancient Greek religion
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| servedAs |
priest of Apollo at Delphi
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| subjectOf |
Plutarch’s Lives (various translations)
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| writingStyle |
comparative biography
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| wrote |
Moralia
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Parallel Lives → |
Referenced by (24)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Battle of the Hydaspes
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Lysander → Macedonian court → Second Sacred War → |
historicalSource |
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Posidonius of Apamea
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Timaeus of Tauromenium → |
influenced |
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Actium
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Pharsalus → |
mentionedBy |
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Battle of Beneventum
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Donations of Alexandria → |
recordedBy |
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Themistocles
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Xanthippus → |
source |
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
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author |
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Plutarch
("Plutarch of Chaeronea")
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birthName |
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Caesar’s civil war
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documentedBy |
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Loeb Classical Library
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includesAuthor |
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Michel de Montaigne
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influencedBy |
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Labyrinth of the Minotaur
("works of Plutarch")
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mentionedIn |
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Sabines
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mentionedInSource |
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Plutarch
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name |
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Plutarch
("Πλούταρχος")
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nativeName |
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Battle of Aegospotami
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primarySource |
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Pythia
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sourceMention |
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Posidonius of Apamea
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usedAsSourceBy |