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Plutarch's bust at Chaeronea, his home town.

Plutarch ((/ˈpluːtɑrk/; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos, Koine Greek: [plǔːtarkʰos]; later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος); (c. AD 46 – AD 120)[1] was a biographer and author who documented the lives of many boylovers and their young friends and whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century. Among his approximately 227 works, the most important are the Bioi parallēloi (Parallel Lives), in which he recounts the noble deeds and characters of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen, and the Moralia, or Ethica, a series of more than 60 essays on ethical, religious, physical, political, and literary topics.[2]

references

  1. Lamberton, Robert. Plutarch. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica

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