Plutarch

Plutarch
noun /ˈpluː.tɑːk,ˈplu.tɑɹk/
a) The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 ). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.
b) Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarchs Lives

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  • Plutarch — [plo͞o′tärk΄] A.D. 46? 120?; Gr. biographer & historian …   English World dictionary

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  • Plutarch — /plooh tahrk/, n. A.D. c46 c120, Greek biographer. * * * Greek Plutarchos Latin Plutarchus born AD 46, Chaeronea, Boeotia died after 119 Greek biographer and author. The son of a biographer and philosopher, Plutarch studied in Athens, taught in… …   Universalium

  • Plutarch — Classical Author Before AD 50 after AD 120.     The works of the *Greek writer, Plutarch of Chaeronea, have preserved, in its fullest form, one of Egypt s greatest myths, although the same story occurs earlier in the writings of *Diodorus Siculus …   Ancient Egypt

  • Plutarch — (c. AD 50–120) Greek born writer and Middle Platonist. Plutarch was born in Chaeronea in Boeotia, studied at Athens, and went to Rome, returning to spend the last decades of his life as a priest at Delphi. His most famous work, the Lives, is… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Plutarch — Plutạrch,   griechisch Plutarchos, griechischer philosophischer Schriftsteller, * Chaironeia um 46 n. Chr., ✝ um 120. Aus angesehener Familie stammend, schloss sich Plutarch in Athen der platonischen Akademie an, wurde jedoch auch von Stoa und… …   Universal-Lexikon

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