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Definition of Plutarch
1. Noun. Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD).
Definition of Plutarch
1. Proper noun. The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 (C.E.)). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch. ¹
2. Noun. Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's ''Lives'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plutarch
Literary usage of Plutarch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"The standard of plutarch for the conduct of life is within the reach of ordinary
... Scarcely less marked is the difference between plutarch and his junior ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"plutarch FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. THE world-renowned biographies of the heroes > f
Ancient Greece and Rome that have been handed d i«- to us under the familiar ..."
3. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 72 by Harvard University Department of Classics Staff, Department Of Classi Harvard University (1906)
"THIS treatise is in the form of a letter from plutarch to ... plutarch excuses
himself, on the score of lack of time, from discussing the Timaeus, ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The only other Greek writer of this period whose works have been widely popular
was the Hebrew Josephus, who was a few years older than plutarch. ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"Born of a wealthy and respected family, and living the peaceful and happy life
of the scholar and writer, plutarch was the faithful ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"The standard of plutarch for the conduct of life is within the reach of ordinary
... Scarcely less marked is the difference between plutarch and his junior ..."
7. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"plutarch FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. THE world-renowned biographies of the heroes > f
Ancient Greece and Rome that have been handed d i«- to us under the familiar ..."
8. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 72 by Harvard University Department of Classics Staff, Department Of Classi Harvard University (1906)
"THIS treatise is in the form of a letter from plutarch to ... plutarch excuses
himself, on the score of lack of time, from discussing the Timaeus, ..."
9. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The only other Greek writer of this period whose works have been widely popular
was the Hebrew Josephus, who was a few years older than plutarch. ..."
10. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"Born of a wealthy and respected family, and living the peaceful and happy life
of the scholar and writer, plutarch was the faithful ..."
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