Plutarch
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Most Influential Person Across History
Late 1st/early 2nd century Greek philosopher and historian
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Why Is Plutarch Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Plutarch was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus .
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What Are Plutarch's Academic Contributions?
Plutarch has made the following academic contributions:
- Life of Theseus
- Life of Solon
- Isis and Osiris
- De superstitione
- The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch
- Parallel Lives
- Moralia
- Life of Timoleon
- Life of Tiberius Gracchus
- Life of Themistocles
- Life of Sulla
- Life of Romulus
- Life of Pompey
- Life of Phocion
- Life of Philopoemen
- Life of Pelopidas
- Life of Otho
- Life of Nicias
- Life of Marius
- Life of Marcellus
- Life of Lysander
- Life of Lucullus
- Life of Fabius Maximus
- Life of Dion
- Life of Demosthenes
- Life of Crassus
- Life of Coriolanus
- Life of Cleomenes
- Life of Cimon
- Life of Cicero
- Life of Cato the Younger
- Life of Camillus
- Life of Aristides
- Life of Aratus
- Life of Alexander the Great
- Life of Agesilaus