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Plutarch
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Plu·tarch  (pltärk) a.d. 46?-120?
Greek biographer and Neo-Platonist philosopher. He wrote Parallel Lives, a collection of paired biographies of famous Greek and Roman figures that Shakespeare used as source material for his Roman plays.
Plu·tarchan (-tärkn), Plu·tarchi·an (-tärk-n) adj.
Plutarch [ˈpluːtɑːk]
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(Biographies / Plutarch (?46-?120) M, Greek, WRITING: biographer, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) ?46-?120 ad, Greek biographer and philosopher, noted for his Parallel Lives of distinguished Greeks and Romans
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Noun1.Plutarch - Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)Plutarch - Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)
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Plutarch [ˈpluːtɑːk] N → Plutarco
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n → Plutarch m
Plutarch [ˈpluːtɑːk] n → Plutarco
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Plutarchus stated: "No generous youth, from seeing the Zeus at Pisa (Olimpia), or the Hera at Argos, longs to be Pheidias or Polycleitus.
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