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 (1,982 views/month, #5,628 of 1,000,298).[11]
Recorded occupations include essayist[6], priest[7], magistrate[8], biographer[9], historian[10], and writer[26]. Fields of work include philosophy[27], an academic discipline[30]; political science[31], an academic major[32]; and history[33]. Plutarch held the position of ambassador[34].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Parallel Lives[35], a literary work[36] and Q19740354[37], a group of literary works[38]. Things named for Plutarch include Pseudo-He[39], a writer[40], specialised in musicology[41]; 6615 Plutarchos[42]; Plutarchia[43]; and he[44].
Personal Life
Among Plutarch's spouses was Timoxena[22]. Children include Ploutarchos the Younger[23], a writer[45], 0100–0200[46] and Lamprias[24], a human whose existence is disputed[47].
Death and Burial
Recorded date of death include 120[5], 200[17], 125[20], and 127[48]. Plutarch passed away in Chaeronea[4].
Why It Matters
Plutarch ranks in the top 0.56% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,982 views/month, #5,628 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] He is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
He has been cited as an influence by William Shakespeare[51], a playwright[52], 1564–1616[53], of Kingdom of England[54], specialised in fiction[55] and Dimitris Michalopoulos[56], a historian[57], b. 1952[58], of Greece[59], awarded the Fulbright Scholarship[60], specialised in history[61].
Works attributed to him include Parallel Lives[62], a literary work[63]; Moralia[64], a literary work[65]; De genio Socratis[66], a literary work[67]; and Quaestiones convivales[68], a literary work[69]. Entities named for him include Pseudo-He[39], a writer[40], specialised in musicology[41]; 6615 Plutarchos[42]; Plutarchia[43]; and he[44].
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