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Plutarch

Plutarch

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A Greek writer who wrote biographies of famous Greeks and Romans
  • proper noun
  • /ˈpluːtɑrk/
: Plutarco
  • Now, Plutarch wrote a speech for you...
  • Plutarch's Gryllus
  • Plutarch's Lives
  • According to Plutarch

You know when you would have, when you would watch soccer, when you would watch Shakespeare, you would understand he was borrowing from Plutarch.

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Examples

  • That's the message that Plutarch gets from that tale.

  • Well, Plutarch gave me a letter for you.

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

  • Interesting that two American college girls discovered Plutarch together.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Here is how Plutarch describes the aftermath quote.

  • However, other sources such as Appian and Plutarch do not say this.

  • The flatterer is the opposite, as Plutarch is going on to say.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • When Anthony heard of Cleopatra's supposed death, Plutarch has him saying the following.

  • We have of course, the famous works of the poets and historians Virgil, Tacitus, Plutarch and company.

  • According to Plutarch's Lives, Lycurgus was a wise and rational legislator who established just laws and reforms in Laconia.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Many scholars regard Plutarch as one of the most important figures in ancient literature.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Plutarch comes from the Greek parts ploutos ('wealth') and archos ('ruler'), and the arch part is the same you see in monarch. So his name means 'rich ruler', which makes it easy to remember that he wrote about the lives of famous rulers and leaders.