Plutarch
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Plu·tarch
(plo͞o′tärk′) Originally Mestrius Plutarchus. ad 46?-120? Greek biographer and 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·tarch′an (-tär′kən), Plu·tarch′i·an (-tär′kē-ən) adj.
Plutarch
(ˈpluːtɑːk)n
(Biography) ?46–?120 ad, Greek biographer and philosopher, noted for his Parallel Lives of distinguished Greeks and Romans
Plu•tarch
(ˈplu tɑrk)n.
A.D. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
Plu•tarch′i•an, adj.
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