Plutarch is a human[1]. He was born in Chaeronea[2]. He was born on 40[3]. He passed away in Chaeronea[4]. He died on 120[5]. He worked as an essayist[6], priest[7], magistrate[8], biographer[9], and historian[10]. He ranks in the top 0.56% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,944 views/month, #5,628 of 1,000,298).[11]
Born in Chaeronea[2], Plutarch… Recorded date of birth include 40[3], 45[12], 46[14], 47[16], and 50[28]. He is identified as part of the Greeks ethnic group[26].
Recorded occupations include essayist[6], priest[7], magistrate[8], biographer[9], historian[10], and writer[27]. Fields of work include philosophy[30], an academic discipline[31]; political science[32], an academic major[33]; and history[34], an academic discipline[35]. Plutarch held the position of ambassador[36].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Parallel Lives[37], a literary work[38] and Q19740354[39], a group of literary works[40]. Things named for Plutarch include Pseudo-He[41], a writer[42], specialised in musicology[43]; 6615 Plutarchos[44]; Plutarchia[45]; and he[46].
Personal Life
Among Plutarch's spouses was Timoxena[22]. Children include Ploutarchos the Younger[23], a writer[47], 0100–0200[48] and Lamprias[24], a human whose existence is disputed[49].
Death and Burial
Recorded date of death include 120[5], 200[17], 125[20], and 127[50]. Plutarch died in Chaeronea[4].
Why It Matters
Plutarch ranks in the top 0.56% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,944 views/month, #5,628 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] He is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
He has been cited as an influence by William Shakespeare[53], a playwright[54], 1564–1616[55], of Kingdom of England[56], specialised in fiction[57] and Dimitris Michalopoulos[58], a historian[59], b. 1952[60], of Greece[61], awarded the Fulbright Scholarship[62], specialised in history[63].
Works attributed to him include Parallel Lives[64], a literary work[65]; Moralia[66], a literary work[67]; De genio Socratis[68], a literary work[69]; and Quaestiones convivales[70], a literary work[71]. Entities named for him include Pseudo-He[41], a writer[42], specialised in musicology[43]; 6615 Plutarchos[44]; Plutarchia[45]; and he[46].
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