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.

Porcia gens → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
“Of Friendship” → references → Plutarch ⓘ
subject surface form: Of Friendship
Plutarco Elías Calles → givenName → Plutarch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarco
Manius Curius Dentatus → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Battle of Asculum → primarySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Gaius Fabricius Luscinus → describedBySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Perioikoi → primarySources → Plutarch ⓘ
Helots → documentedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Gerousia → describedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Battle of Leuctra → primarySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Theban Sacred Band → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Aristides of Miletus → citedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Aristides the Just → mentionedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Gordian Knot legend → recordedBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Conon of Athens → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
siege of Eion → primarySource → Plutarch ⓘ
Delian League campaigns against Persia → primarySourceAuthor → Plutarch ⓘ
Archidamus II → knownFromSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Antalcidas → sourceMention → Plutarch ⓘ
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) → attestedInSource → Plutarch ⓘ
subject surface form: Peace of Callias
Battle of the Eurymedon → historicalSource → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Nicias → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Parallel Lives → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Moralia → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Moralia → containsWorkBy → Plutarch ⓘ
Roman Lives → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Theseus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Romulus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Lycurgus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Numa Pompilius → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Solon → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Publicola → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Themistocles → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Camillus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Camillus → workOf → Plutarch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch of Chaeronea
Life of Fabius Maximus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Alexander → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Alexander → workOfAuthor → Plutarch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch of Chaeronea
Life of Julius Caesar → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Dion → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Brutus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Timoleon → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Aemilius Paulus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Crassus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Pyrrhus → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Pyrrhus → writtenBy → Plutarch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plutarch of Chaeronea
Life of Pyrrhus → collectionAuthor → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Marius → author → Plutarch ⓘ
Life of Lucullus → author → Plutarch ⓘ