1. Plutarch - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia 46 AD 120 AD), better known in English as plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist. 1 plutarch was born to a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch

Plutarch From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Plutarch (Lucius?) Mestrius Plutarchus Parallel Lives Amyot translation, Born Circa 46 AD Chaeronea Boeotia Died Circa 120 AD Delphi Phocis ... Greek Subjects Biography various Literary movement Middle Platonism ... Hellenistic literature Mestrius Plutarchus Greek c. 46 AD 120 AD ), better known in English as Plutarch , was a Greek historian biographer essayist , and Middle Platonist Plutarch was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea Boeotia [Greece], a town about twenty miles east of Delphi . His oeuvre consists of the Parallel Lives and the Moralia Contents Early Life Work as magistrate and ambassador Parallel Lives Life of Alexander ... edit Early Life 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 AD 46 [a] in the small town of Chaeronea , in the Greek region known as Boeotia . 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. His family was wealthy. The name of Plutarch's grandfather was Lamprias, as he attested in Moralia . His brothers, Timon and Lamprias, are frequently mentioned in his essays and dialogues, where Timon is spoken of in the most affectionate terms.

2. Plutarch - His Life And Legacy Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance. http://www.e-classics.com/plutarch.htm

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.

3. Plutarch Of Chaeronea plutarch of Chaeronea (46c.122) influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises. http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/plutarch/plutarch.htm

home index ancient Greece Plutarch of Chaeronea 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. Life 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 Aristotle . It is likely that the young man was present when the emperor Nero , who visited Greece at this time, declared the Greek towns to be free and autonomous.

4. The Internet Classics Archive | Works By Plutarch List of works by plutarch, part of the Internet Classics Archive. http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Plutarch.html

Home Search Buy Books and CD-ROMs ... Help Works by Plutarch Aemilius Paulus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : No comments Agesilaus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : No comments Agis Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : No comments Alcibiades Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 2 comments Alexander Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 10 comments Antony Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 2 comments Aratus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : No comments Aristides Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 2 comments Artaxerxes Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 2 comments Caesar Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 34 comments Caius Gracchus Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 4 comments Caius Marius Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Read discussion : 1 comment Camillus Written 75 A.C.E.

5. Plutarch --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on plutarch biographer and author whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060464/Plutarch

var britAdCategory = "other"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Life The Lives The Moralia Assessment ... Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles Trajan Hadrian Chaeronea Delphi Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. Plutarch Page 1 of 6 born AD 46, Chaeronea, Boeotia [Greece] died after 119 Plutarch, c. AD Greek Plutarchos, Latin Plutarchus biographer and author 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 paralleloi Parallel Lives Plutarch... (75 of 6074 words) To read the full article, activate your FREE Trial

6. CHAIRONEIA: PLUTARCH'S HOME Kenneth Mayer s collection of links and plutarchian lore. http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/chaironeia/

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. Links to Plutarch on the Web Pictures of Plutarch and Chaironeia Plutarch's Nachleben : His influence and what the critics say! Bibliography on Plutarch PLUTARCH LINKS Ploutarchos : The International Plutarch Society Site http://www.usu.edu/~history/plout.htm

7. Plutarch Collection At Bartleby.com plutarch. Bartleby.com. WORKS plutarch’s Lives Biographies of Greeks and Romans aimed more at the kernel of a man than the facts of his life. http://www.bartleby.com/people/Plutarch.html

Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Authors Nonfiction Harvard Classics To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature. Life of Fabius Plutarch Plutarch A.D.

8. Great Books Index - Plutarch plutarch Great Books Index. Back to Top of Page. plutarch s Parallel Lives Complete A selection from plutarch s Lives, with annotations. http://books.mirror.org/gb.plutarch.html

GREAT BOOKS INDEX Plutarch (about 66 AD) An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation AUTHORS/HOME TITLES ABOUT GB INDEX BOOK LINKS Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Theseus Romulus Romulus and Theseus Lycurgus ... Articles Theseus HTML edition (Perseus, Tufts) Translated by Bernadotte Perrin. Greek text also available. HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Romulus HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Romulus and Theseus Compared HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Lycurgus HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Numa Pompilius HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Lycurgus and Numa Compared HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Solon HTML edition (Perseus, Tufts) Translated by Bernadotte Perrin. Greek text also available. HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Poplicola HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Poplicola and Solon Compared HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive) [Back to Top of Page] Themistocles HTML edition (Perseus, Tufts)

9. Ploutarchos Fans of plutarch rally here. http://www.usu.edu/~history/plout.htm

Website of The International Plutarch Society Plutarch The International Plutarch Society Ploutarchos Translations Bibliographies (searchable) Membership Information Upcoming Conferences ... Contributor Guidelines Annotated Bibliography (under construction) Ploutarchos has moved. If your browser does not forward to our home page automatically, click here: www.usu.edu/history/ploutarchos/index.htm and please update your bookmark. Society President Contacts Section Heads Journal Editor Assistant Editor Book Review Editor This website was co-designed by Carolyn Doyle and Mark Damen. Please send any comments, suggestions or corrections to cdoyle@hass.usu.edu Last modified January 11, 2007 Return to Home Page

10. Plutarch Quotes - The Quotations Page plutarch; Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. plutarch; So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Plutarch/

Quotation Search by keyword or author: Home Weblog Quotes of the Day Motivational ... Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD) [more author details] Showing quotations 1 to 13 of 13 total Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Plutarch - More quotations on: [ Listening No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage. Plutarch Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. Plutarch So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history. Plutarch The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. Plutarch - More quotations on: [ Time To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. Plutarch 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. Plutarch Lives - More quotations on: [ Violence Perseverance An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

11. Plutarch On LacusCurtius Entry page to the works of plutarch on this site all the Lives, and several hundred pages of the Moralia. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/home.html

mail: Bill Thayer Italiano Help Up Home Plutarch on LacusCurtius They are translations only; there are so few people out there who read Greek yet have no access to the TLG, and the difficulties involved, even with Unicode, in writing webpages in polytonic Greek is so great, that it would be a case of vastly diminishing returns to put the original texts online. I have not done so. For a summary of Plutarch's life and of the manuscripts, editions and translations of the Lives, see the Loeb edition's introductory material , by Bernadotte Perrin. For another summary of his life, and a brief but careful assessment of him as a philosopher and historian, see the Plutarch section of Livius.Org; and for a good look at Plutarch and why he has long been so widely read, and still deserves to be, see by Roger Kimball Although Plutarch lived under the Roman empire and was a Roman citizen, his career even including tenure as a Roman civil servant, he was still Greek, writing in Greek, and very often on Greek history and philosophy, subjects I'm only marginally interested in. The works of Plutarch on LacusCurtius are confined, with an exception or two, to the Parallel Lives and those few works in the Moralia that deal with Roman matters. The Lives are on their own page From the Moralia: complete English translation Quaestiones Romanae (The Roman Questions) — 113 of them, all starting with "Why?"; many deal with the more mystifying aspects of Roman religion. Plutarch is wise enough to supply not answers, but further questions: he's not at a loss for ideas, though, and has provided generations of scholars with ample fields for speculation.

12. North's Plutarch A few biographies of ancient Roman and Greek heroes from JW Skeat s 19th century edition of Sir Thomas North s 1579 English edition. The North edition was a http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/plutarch.north.html

Plutarch's Parallel Lives You will find here Sir Thomas North's 1579 English translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives classical biographies of ancient Roman and Greek men that incorporate innovative and subtle analyses of individual character. North's version of Plutarch's Lives was Shakespeare's primary source for his play Julius Caesar. We have used here J. W. Skeat's nineteenth century edition of North's Plutarch that selects several of the major Lives. Bust of Pompey, Copenhagen NCG 597 Photo courtesy of Amy C. Smith The Life of Caius Martius Coriolanus The Life of Julius Caesar The Life of Marcus Brutus The Life of Marcus Antonius ... Return to Julius Caesar Homepage.

13. Project Gutenberg Edition Of Plutarch's Lives ("Dryden" Translation) plutarch s Lives ( Dryden translation). by plutarch. edited by Arthur Hugh Clough Project Gutenberg Release 674 (October 1996) http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=674

14. Ancient History Sourcebook: Plutarch: The Training Of Children, C. 110 CE plutarch was born of a wealthy family in Boeotia at Chaeronea about 50 A.D. Part of his life seems to have been spent at Rome, but he seems to have returned http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ANCIENT/plutarch-education.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Plutarch: The Training of Children, c. 110 CE [Thatcher Introduction]: Plutarch was born of a wealthy family in Boeotia at Chaeronea about 50 A.D. Part of his life seems to have been spent at Rome, but he seems to have returned to Greece and died there about 120 A.D. But little further is know of his life. He was one of the greatest biographers the world has ever known, while his moral essays show wide learning and considerable depth of contemplation. THE COURSE that ought to be taken for the training of freeborn children, and the means whereby their manners may be rendered virtuous, will, with the reader's leave, be the subject of our present disquisition. In the management of which, perhaps it may be expedient to take our rise from their very procreation. I would therefore, in the first place, advise those who desire to become the parents of famous and eminent children, that they keep not company with all women that they light on; I mean such as harlots, or concubines. For such children as are blemished in their birth, either by the father's or the mother's side, are liable to be pursued, as long as they live, with the indelible infamy of their base extraction, as that which offers a ready occasion to all that desire to take hold of it of reproaching and disgracing them therewith. Misfortune on that family's entailed

15. Plutarch Quotes 40 quotes and quotations by plutarch. plutarch All men whilst they are awake are in one common world but each of them, when he is asleep, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/plutarch.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Plutarch Quotes Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: Year of Death: Nationality: Greek Find on Amazon: Plutarch Related Authors: Plato Aristotle Epictetus Socrates ... Diogenes A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. Plutarch 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 An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. Plutarch Character is long-standing habit. Plutarch Character is simply habit long continued. Plutarch Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. Plutarch Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. Plutarch For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

16. Plutarch Biography Pictures Portrait Books Online Forum Forum pictures biography and plutarch books online plutarch s Lives, trans by AH Clough. http://www.selfknowledge.com/346au.htm

Forum pictures biography and Plutarch books online: Plutarch's Lives, trans by A. H. Clough Plutarch Books Online Biography, Pictures and Portrait Follow book link(s) below for Plutarch books online. Plutarch's Lives, trans by A. H. Clough by Plutarch (biography) Selfknowledge.Com does not use pop-up advertising. Follow links below for Plutarch biography, pictures, portrait and/or directory searches. Search Google pictures gallery for Plutarch portrait (Courtesy of Google.Com) Biography of Plutarch (Courtesy of Bartleby.com) Search Classical Authors Directory for Plutarch books (Courtesy of AuthorsDirectory.Com) Search Open Directory for Plutarch books (Courtesy of Dmoz.Org) Search Yahoo for Plutarch books (Courtesy of Yahoo.Com) Search LookSmart for Plutarch books (Courtesy of LookSmart.Com) Search About for Plutarch books (Courtesy of About.Com) Online books and articles by Mark Zimmerman Format - Real Audio The Old Man of the Holy Mountain The Book that Changed My Life Subtitle: The Making of The Old Man of the Holy Mountain How to Make the World a Better Place Chapter 1: Emotional Literacy Education and Self-Knowledge Chapter 2: Emotional Literacy Language and Vocabulary Chapter 3: Emotional Literacy Education Teaching Compassion Chapter 4: Emotional Literacy Education Understanding Fear Encyclopedia of Self-Knowledge Classical Authors Index Classical Authors Directory ... Outline of Self-Knowledge See main index page via link at top of this page.

17. Plutarch - Wikiquote Wikisource has original works written by or about plutarch. plutarch at Project Gutenberg. Retrieved from http//en.wikiquote.org/wiki/plutarch http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Plutarch

Plutarch From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Mestrius Plutarchos (ca. ) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist. Contents Sourced Parallel Lives Moralia Unsourced ... edit Sourced The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. The Roman Republic Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push on. Caesar [said] to his friends: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had had a commander who was a winner.' The Life of Pompey edit Parallel Lives A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me." Aemilius Paulus, sec. 29 And it is said that when he took his seat for the first time under the golden canopy on the royal throne, Demaratus the Corinthian, a well-meaning man and a friend of Alexander's, as he had been of Alexander's father, burst into tears, as old men will, and declared that those Hellenes were deprived of great pleasure who had died before seeing Alexander seated on the throne of Dareius. Alexander

18. Plutarch Writer Cleopatra. Greek biographer and philosopher who was born c. 46 AD in Chaeronea, Boeotia Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, Bio, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1306202/

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19. Siege Of Syracuse (Plutarch) by plutarch (c. 45120 AD). Marcellus (c. 268-208 BC) .. You can also find more works of plutarch and other classical authors there. http://math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Siege/Plutarch.html

P L U T A R C H Back to . . . Archimedes Home Page This section . . . Introduction Polybius Livy Plutarch Dio Cassius P ARALLEL L IVES: ... ARCELLUS by Plutarch (c. 45-120 AD Marcellus (c. 268-208 BC H A T W Y S This passage was taken from a translation by John Dryden (1631-1700) at the Internet Classics Archive site. You can also find more works of Plutarch and other classical authors there. A modern English translation can be found in M AKERS OF R OME Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert Penguin Books , New York, 1965 The three color illustrations on this page are details of wall paintings in the Stanzino delle Matematiche of the Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy), painted by Giulio Parigi (1571-1635) in the years 1599-1600.

20. Macedonia FAQ: Alexander By Plutarch Alexander. (died B.C.E.) By plutarch Written A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden. It being my purpose to write the lives of Alexander the king, and of Caesar, http://faq.macedonia.org/history/alexander.plutarch.html

Alexander (died B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden Philip, after this vision, sent Chaeron of Megalopolis to consult the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, by which he was commanded to perform sacrifice, and henceforth pay particular honour, above all other gods, to Ammon; and was told he should one day lose that eye with which he presumed to peep through that chink of the door, when he saw the god, under the form of a serpent, in the company of his wife. Eratosthenes says that Olympias, when she attended Alexander on his way to the army in his first expedition, told him the secret of his birth, and bade him behave himself with courage suitable to his divine extraction. Others again affirm that she wholly disclaimed any pretensions of the kind, and was wont to say, "When will Alexander leave off slandering me to Juno?" Alexander was born the sixth of Hecatombaeon, which month the Macedonians call Lous, the same day that the temple of Diana at Ephesus was burnt; which Hegesias of Magnesia makes the occasion of a conceit, frigid enough to have stopped the conflagration. The temple, he says, took fire and was burnt while its mistress was absent, assisting at the birth of Alexander. And all the Eastern soothsayers who happened to be then at Ephesus, looking upon the ruin of this temple to be the forerunner of some other calamity, ran about the town, beating their faces, and crying that this day had brought forth something that would prove fatal and destructive to all Asia.

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