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Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46- 127), known in English as Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist.
Born in the small town of Chaeronea, in the Greek region known as Boeotia, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius, Plutarch travelled widely in the Mediterranean world, including twice to Rome. Due to his parents' wealth, after 67, Plutarch was able to study philosophy, rhetoric, and mathematics at the Academy of Athens.
He had a number of influential friends, including Soscius Senecio and Fundanus, both important senators, to whom some of his later writings were dedicated. He lived most of his life at Chaeronea, and was initiated into the mysteries of the Greek god Apollo. However, his duties as the senior of the two priests of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi (where he was responsible for interpreting the auguries of the Pythia) apparently occupied little of his time - he led an active social and civic life and produced an incredible body of writing, much of which is still extant.
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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. ~Plutarch
Greetums (Kat Caverly) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:21:40 -0000
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. ~Plutarch
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
Ratmtent (Charles Evans) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:24:16 -0000
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
âThe real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.â Plutarch
BlessRVets (Bless RVets) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:21:15 -0000
”The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.” Plutarch
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better--Plutarch--
vesebayang (Victor E Sebayang) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:18:42 -0000
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better--Plutarch--
âThe whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.â Plutarch
RecessionInfo (Max Alter) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:30:55 -0000
“The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.” Plutarch
Plutarch - Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
NMSuccess (Warren Wojnowski) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:26:55 -0000
Plutarch - Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives - Abridged modern English version of the classic biographies. The most heroic of the Greek lives, in an easy-to-read style, with clickable vocabulary for the student, and an extensive Ancient Greece Links page. Start here if you've never read Plutarch before.
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4Literature.net: Plutarch - Unnannotated e-texts of John Dryden's translation of the Lives.
Meta Description: [ Read classic literature by Plutarch at 4literature.net ]
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Biography of Plutarch - With bibliography, from the Perseus Project.
CHAIRONEIA: Plutarch's Home on the Web - Kenneth Mayer's collection of links and Plutarchian lore.
International Plutarch Society - Fans of Plutarch rally here.
Plutarch - His Life and Legacy - Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance.
Plutarch's Alexander - Translated by John Dryden.
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Plutarch's Lives - The complete online HTML text of A. H. Clough's English-language translation, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.
Plutarch's Lives - All of the classic biographies of heroes and villains from ancient Greece and Rome. The English text is awkward and antiquated, but it's the complete Dryden edition (1683), as revised by A.H. Clough (1864).
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Plutarch's Lives with annotations to the Encyclopedia of the Self - The Dryden edition, as revised by A.H. Clough, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.
Shakespeare's Sources in Plutarch's Parallel Lives - A few biographies of ancient Roman and Greek heroes from J. W. Skeat's 19th century edition of Sir Thomas North's 1579 English edition. The North edition was a Renaissance best-seller in England, and Shakespeare borrowed heavily from it for his plays. Provided by the Perseus Project at Tufts University.
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