Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), 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. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.
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- Plutarch
- Μέστριος Πλούταρχος
- Πλούταρχος
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- L. Mestrius Plutarchus
- Plutarchus
- Mestrius Plutarchus
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- Plutarchus.
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- Plutarchus, Mestrius
- L . Mestrius Plutarchus
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