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Plutarch
Author(s) : Tsouvala Georgia (15/2/2012)
For citation: Tsouvala Georgia , "Plutarch", 2012,Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Boeotia
URL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=12958>
ENTRY TYPE
Persons
SUMMARY
A philosopher and biographer of the end of the first century AD and the beginning of the second century AD (c. 50? CE-after 120 CE). A biography of Plutarch and a chronology of his corpus are based on a small number of inscriptions that connect him with Chaeronea and Delphi, and on internal evidence in his own works.
Main Role
Philosopher, biographer
Date and Place of Death
Chaeronea, after 120 A.D.
Date and Place of Birth
Chaeronea
Other Names
Ploutarchos, Plutarchus, Πλούταρχος, L. Mestrius Plutarchus
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1. Family history
2. Education and early political career
3. Travels and settling at Delphi
4. Work
5. Influence of his works
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