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  1. Plutarch's Morals (Volume 3) by Plutarch, 2010-10-14
  2. Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 by William Watson Goodwin, Plutarch, 2010-03-15
  3. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by Plutarch, 2006-11-03
  4. Selected Lives (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Plutarch, 1999-12-05
  5. The Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch, 1965-10-30
  6. Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) by Plutarch, 2009-04-01
  7. The Fall of the Roman Republic (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch, 2006-04-25
  8. The Life of Alexander the Great (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch, 2004-04-13
  9. The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert, 1960-09-30
  10. Plutarch's Moralia by Plutarch, 2009-12-31
  11. Plutarch: Moralia, Volume XI, On the Malice of Herodotus, Causes of Natural Phenomena. (Loeb Classical Library No. 426) by Plutarch, 1965-01-01
  12. Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives (Oxford World's Classics) by Plutarch, 2009-03-15
  13. On Sparta (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch, 2005-12-27
  14. Plutarch's Lives (Volume 1 of 2) by Plutarch, 2009-01-01

1. Plutarch - His Life And Legacy
Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance.
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PLUTARCH
P L O U T A R X O S
circa 45 - 125 A.D.)
Priest of the Delphic Oracle Go to Home Page for 15 Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives Greece, by the turn of the first millenium, was a sad ruin of its former glory. Mighty Rome had looted its statues and reduced Greece to conquered territory. Despite these circumstances, Mestrius Plutarchus (known to history as Plutarch) lived a long and fruitful life with his wife and family in the little Greek town of Chaeronea. For many years Plutarch served as one of the two priests at the temple of Apollo at Delphi (the site of the famous Delphic Oracle) twenty miles from his home. By his writings and lectures Plutarch became a celebrity in the Roman empire, yet he continued to reside where he was born, and actively participated in local affairs, even serving as mayor. At his country estate, guests from all over the empire congregated for serious conversation, presided over by Plutarch in his marble chair. Many of these dialogues were recorded and published, and the78 essays and other works which have survived are now known collectively as the Moralia After the horrors of Nero and Domitian, and the partisan passions of civil war, Rome was ready for some gentle enlightenment from the priest of Apollo. Plutarch's essays and his lectures established him as a leading thinker in the Roman empire's golden age: the reigns of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian.

2. CHAIRONEIA: PLUTARCH'S HOME
Kenneth Mayer s collection of links and Plutarchian lore.
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CHAIRONEIA
PLUTARCH'S HOME ON THE WEB
But if any man undertake to write a history that has to be collected from materials gathered by observation and the reading of works not easy to be got in all places, nor written always in his own language, but many of them foreign and dispersed in other hands, for him, undoubtedly, it is in the first place and above all things most necessary to reside in some city of good note, addicted to liberal arts, and populous; where he may have plenty of all sorts of books, and upon inquiry may hear and inform himself of such particulars as, having escaped the pens of writers, are more faithfully preserved in the memories of men, lest his work be deficient in many things, even those which it can least dispense with.
But for me, I live in a little town, where I am willing to continue, lest it should grow less.
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3. 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 Ancient Greece Links page. Start here if you ve never read Plutarch before.
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From Plutarch's Lives , still inspirational after 19 centuries: 15 Ancient Greek Heroes
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P L O U T A R C O U
A modern English edition, abridged and annotated by Wilmot H. McCutchen
PREFACE
by the author. It's brief, so start here, then read the following biographies in order: Theseus The Athenian Adventurer circa 1300 B.C.)
Theseus suppressed crime and brought the natives of Attica together into the first democracy. He saved the Athenian children from the Minotaur, but his kidnap of the queen of the Amazons brought trouble, and he ended his days in disgrace. Lycurgus T he Father of Sparta circa 800 B.C.)
Lycurgus established harmony, simplicity, and strength in Sparta. This warrior society tamed its youth through systematic education aimed at developing leadership, courage, public spirit, and wisdom. Solon The Lawmaker of Athens circa 600 B.C.)
Athens, unlike Sparta, was a money-mad commercial city. The constitution framed by Solon mitigated the class struggle between the rich and the poor, and allowed for the growth of democratic institutions. Aristides "The Just"

4. The Internet Classics Archive | Browse
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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5. The Internet Classics Archive | Works By Plutarch
List of works with links to the texts.
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Aemilius Paulus

Written 75 A.C.E.
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Agesilaus
Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Agis Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Alcibiades Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Alexander Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Antony Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Aratus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Aristides Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Artaxerxes Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Caesar Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Caius Gracchus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Caius Marius Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Camillus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Cato the Younger Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Cicero Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Cimon Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Cleomenes Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden The Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus Written 75 A.C.E.

6. Plutarch - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was
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Plutarch , born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian biographer essayist , and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea Boeotia , a town about twenty miles east of Delphi
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Ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi , where Plutarch served as one of the priests responsible for interpreting the predictions of the oracle Plutarch was born in 46 AD [a] in the small town of Chaeronea , in the Greek region known as Boeotia . His family was wealthy. The name of Plutarch's father has not been preserved, but it was probably Nikarchus, from the common habit of Greek families to repeat a name in alternate generations. The name of Plutarch's grandfather was

7. Plutarch - Discussion And Encyclopedia Article. Who Is Plutarch? What Is Plutarc
Plutarch. Discussion about Plutarch. Ecyclopedia or dictionary article about Plutarch.
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8. Plutarch Quotes
Plutarch quotes, Searchable and browsable database of quotations with author and subject indexes. Quotes from famous political leaders, authors, and literature. Literary
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Letter "P" A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he. "but every goose can."
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Source: Laconic ApothegmsRemarkable Speeches of Some Obscure Men He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.
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Source: Of Garrulity Like watermen who look astern while they row the boat ahead.
Topic: Boating
Source: Whether 'twas rightfully said, Live concealed Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Topic: Citizenship
Source: None Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied. Topic: Contentment Source: None What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with Lucullus? Topic: Eating Source: LivesLife of Lucullus (vol. III, p. 280)

9. Plutarch: Biography From Answers.com
Born 46 A.D. Birthplace Chaeroneia, Boetia, Greece Died c. 120 A.D. Best Known As Author of Plutarch's Lives Plutarch is the most famous biographer of the ancient world
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Plutarch is the most famous biographer of the ancient world and the author of a famous collection now known as Plutarch's Lives . Plutarch's original title was Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans , and that describes his unique approach: the biographies are presented in pairs, the life of one Greek contrasted with that of a similar Roman. Plutarch's subjects were statesmen, generals and public figures including Alexander the Great , Solon, Pyrrhus and Marc Antony , and together the biographies present a basic history of all Greece and Rome up to Plutarch's times. Hence Plutarch has been a favorite of scholars and schoolteachers for centuries. Plutarch's other famous work is the Morals , a collection of essays on topics ranging from religion and zoology to marriage.

10. Plutarch Biography | BookRags.com
Plutarch biography, including 2 pages of information on the life of Plutarch.
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11. Plutarch (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy)
Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia (ca. 45–120 CE) was a Platonist philosopher, best known to the general public as author of his “Parallel Lives” of paired Greek and Roman
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First published Tue Sep 7, 2010 Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia ( ca His significance as a philosopher, on which this article concentrates, lies in his attempt to do justice to Plato's work as a whole, and to create a coherent and credible philosophical system out of it. Two moves are crucial in this regard. First, Plutarch respects both the skeptical/aporetic element in Plato (as marked by the tentativeness with which Socrates and the other main speakers in his dialogues regularly advance their views) and the views apparently endorsed by his main speakers, which were widely regarded at the time as Plato's own doctrines. Second, Plutarch focuses primarily on the Timaeus Timaeus Timaeus , god accounts for order and the identity of objects and properties in the world. This metaphysical dualism is further strengthened by the assumption of two mediating entities through which the two principles operate; the Indefinite Dyad operates through a non-rational cosmic soul, while god through a rational one. This is the same soul, which becomes rational when god imparts reason from him to it. As a result of god's imparting reason, matter ceases to move in a disorderly manner, being brought into order through the imposition of Forms on it. The postulation of a non-rational pre-cosmic world soul, inspired by Laws X (but absent from the Timaeus ), allows Plutarch to dissolve the apparent contradiction in different works of Plato that the soul is said to be both uncreated (eternal) and created. It also allows Plutarch to account for the existence of badness in the world, because residual irrationality abides in the world soul even when it becomes rational, which is accounted for by the fact that the world soul is originally non-rational in the sense that its movement is such, i.e. disorderly, and reason is an element external to it. This dualism pervades also the sensible or physical world, since the human soul, being derivative from the world soul, has a rational and a non-rational aspect too, as the

12. Plutarch, Pericles
Introductory Note. Plutarch of Chaeronea (2nd half of the first century A.D.) lived much later than the events he wrote about in this biography, but he clearly had access to many
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PERICLES 490?-429 B.C. translated by John Dryden Introductory Note Plutarch of Chaeronea (2nd half of the first century A.D.) lived much later than the events he wrote about in this biography, but he clearly had access to many sources which no longer survive in the present day. For the most part, he was a philosopher rather than an historian, interested primarily in the characters of his subjects; the name given to a large corpus of his philosphical works, the Moralia , is a further indication of his penchant for considerations of ethics and proper behaviour. Plutarch's accuracy on historical matters is a matter of dispute among historians, but he is reasonably reliable. The translation offered here may well seem archaic at points, but this should not pose serious problems most of the time, and it is not unpleasant to read Dryden's poetic translations of the poetry cited with some frequency by Plutarch. The electronic text version of this translation comes from the Eris Project at Virginia Tech, which has made it available for public use. The hypertext version presented here has been designed for students of Ancient History at the University of Calgary. I have added chapter and section numbers (to facilitate specific citation or to find a specific passage from a citation; note: the section numbers of a Greek text do not always fit as smoothly as one might like into a translation) and the internal links (to allow navigation); Dryden's paragraphs have been adopted here, with occasional minor modifications. Another HTML version of the complete text, with no numeration or internal links if you prefer this, is available at the

13. Plutarch Of Chaeronea
home index ancient Greece article by Jona Lendering Plutarch of Chaeronea Bust of Plutarch (Museum of Delphi) Plutarch of Chaeronea (46c.122) influential
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Bust of Plutarch (Museum of Delphi) Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122): influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises.
It is not overstated to say that, together with Augustine of Hippo and Aristotle of Stagira , Plutarch of Chaeronea is the most influential ancient philosopher. He may lack the the profundity of Augustine, the most influential philosopher in the early Middle Ages, and the acumen of Aristotle, considered the master of all intellectuals of the late Middle Ages, but the Sage of Chaeronea is an excellent writer and from the Renaissance to the present day, his moral treatises have found a larger audience than any other ancient philosopher. In his own age, he was immensely popular because he was able to explain philosophical discussions to non-philosophical readers, Greek and Roman alike. The fact that he was priest in Delphi will no doubt have improved his popularity.
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Plutarch was probably born in 46 in the Boeotian town Chaeronea. His parents were wealthy people, and after 67, their son was able to study philosophy, rhetorics, and mathematics at the platonic Academy of Athens . However, Plutarch never became a platonic puritan, but always remained open to influences from other philosophical schools, such as the Stoa and the school of

14. History Of Vegetarianism - Plutarch (c.AD 46-c.120)
A large collection of articles about the development of vegetarianism around the world for thousands of years.
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Parallel Lives , Amyot translation, 1565 Greek biographer and philosopher, noted for his Parallel Lives of distinguished Greeks and Romans Various extracts from 'Moralia':
from The Extended Circle by Jon Wynne-Tyson. Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident and in what state of soul or mind the first man did so, touched his mouth to gore and brought his lips to the flesh of a dead creature, he who set forth tables of dead, stale bodies and ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds? The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind, but kindness and benevolence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, is streams that issue from the living fountain.

15. Plutarch Quotes - The Quotations Page
Plutarch, 'Morals,' 100 A.D. Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
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So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
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The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Plutarch 'Morals,' 100 A.D.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

16. The Internet Classics Archive | Solon By Plutarch
Complete text as written by Plutarch in 75 A.C.E. and translated by John Dryden.
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(legendary, died 539 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Didymus, the grammarian, in his answer to Asclepiades concerning Solon's Tables of Law, mentions a passage of one Philocles, who states that Solon's father's name was Euphorion, contrary to the opinion of all others who have written concerning him; for they generally agree that he was the son of Execestides, a man of moderate wealth and power in the city, but of a most noble stock, being descended from Codrus; his mother, as Heraclides Ponticus affirms, was cousin to Pisistratus's mother, and the two at first were great friends, partly because they were akin, and partly because of Pisistratus's noble qualities and beauty. And they say Solon loved him; and that is the reason, I suppose, that when afterwards they differed about the government, their enmity never produced any hot and violent passion, they remembered their old kindnesses, and retained-

17. Plutarch (c. 46 A.D. - 120 A.D.)
A biography of the ancient writer Plutarch We know almost nothing about the life of the author of the most famous of all Lives.
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PLUTARCH We know almost nothing about the life of the author of the most famous of all Lives PLUTARCH , essentially a Greek provincial man of letters, withdrew to his native town, where he wrote voluminous works, devoted himself to local affairs, and to his priesthood of Apollo at Delphi, and to the composition of his famous Parallel Lives . His work on Apophthegms is dedicated to the Emperor Trajan, who died A.D. 117. We know no more. The greatest of all biographers did not write his own life. Although we know so little of the facts of Plutarch's life, we know intimately the character of the man. He was a well-bred, well-trained, well-read, genial, just, and honourable moralist of the old school: somewhat garrulous, setentious, and credulous: but overflowing with interesting anecdote, a consummate master of lifelike portraiture, with a deep foundation of pure, simple, and humane morality. He was an enlightened and pious polytheist, verging on Monotheism of the Neo-Platonic kind; who, without much sympathy for modern Roman culture, and without much knowledge of the Roman Empire at its highest grandeur, devoted himself to elaborate a spontaneous scheme of practical ethics. His ethical writings, called in Latin Moralia , are amongst the most valuable pictures we possess of antique manners and thoughts. But they are surpassed by the

18. The Internet Classics Archive | Artaxerxes By Plutarch
A biography as written by Plutarch in 75 A.C.E.
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(died 359 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden The first Artaxerxes, among all the kings of Persia the most remarkable for a gentle and noble spirit, was surnamed the Long-handed, his right hand being longer than his left, and was the son of Xerxes. The second, whose story I am now writing, who had the surname of the Mindful, was the grandson of the former, by his daughter Parysatis, who brought Darius four sons, the eldest Artaxerxes, the next Cyrus, and two younger than these, Ostanes and Oxathres. Cyrus took his name of the ancient Cyrus, as he, they say, had his from the sun, which, in the Persian language, is called Cyrus. Artaxerxes was at first called Arsicas; Dinon says Oarses; but it is utterly improbable that Ctesias (however otherwise he may have filled his books with a perfect farrago of incredible and senseless fables) should be ignorant of the name of the king with whom he lived as his physician

19. Plutarch - Wikinfo
Plutarch, (46120) was a Greek historian. Born at Chaeronea, Boeotia, in ancient Greece, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius, Plutarch travelled widely in the
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Jump to: navigation search Plutarch, ( ) was a Greek historian Born at Chaeronea Boeotia , in ancient Greece , during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius , Plutarch travelled widely in the Mediterranean world, later residing at Rome for an extended period and making friends with influential persons at Rome, to whom some of his later writings were dedicated. Among these were Soscius Senecio and Fundanus, important members of the Senate whom Plutarch regarded as patrons and friends. Returning to Boeotia, he was initiated into the mysteries of the pagan god Apollo . However his duties as a priest of Apollo apparently occupied little of his time - he led a most active social and civic life in addition to his numerous writings, of which about one half are still extant. His most important work is Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans , a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The Parallel Lives , as they are also called, contain 23 pairs of biographies, each pair containing one Greek Life and one Roman Life; as well as 4 unpaired single Lives. Although Plutarch has sometimes been disparaged by later historians, he was not concerned with writing history, as such, but in exploring the influence of character - good or bad - on the lives and destinies of famous men. The remainder of his surviving oeuvre is loosely grouped together under the misleading title of Moralia . It is an eclectic collection of over one hundred essays including

20. The Internet Classics Archive | Caesar By Plutarch
By Plutarch. From the Internet Classics Archive.
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(died 44 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden After Sylla became master of Rome, he wished to make Caesar put away his wife Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, the late sole ruler of the commonwealth, but was unable to effect it either by promises or intimidation, and so contented himself with confiscating her dowry. The ground of Sylla's hostility to Caesar was the relationship between him and Marius; for Marius, the elder, married Julia, the sister of Caesar's father, and had by her the younger Marius, who consequently was Caesar's first cousin. And though at the beginning, while so many were to be put to death, and there was so much to do, Caesar was overlooked by Sylla, yet he would not keep quiet, but presented himself to the people as a candidate for the priesthood, though he was yet a mere boy. Sylla, without any open opposition, took measures to have him rejected, and in consultation whether he should be

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