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Plutarch

Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)

  • Fame78.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Academics rank#60
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  • Fame78.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Academics rank#60
  • Wikipedia58.2K
Lived 40–120, aged 80
AcademicsAcademic
  • Wikipedia
    101 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    40–120
    Aged 80
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

He mapped greatness by pairing it: Greek statesmen against Roman generals, philosophers against warriors, virtue against vice. His *Parallel Lives* became the template for understanding character through comparison, and for two thousand years anyone writing biography has walked in the corridor he built.

Biography

About

Born before AD 50 in Greece, Plutarch lived through the height of Roman imperial power and eventually took Roman citizenship, likely becoming Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus. He served as a priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi and worked as a Middle Platonist philosopher, but his lasting mark came through two vast projects. *Parallel Lives* assembled biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, setting them side by side to reveal what made them rise or fall. *Moralia* gathered his essays and speeches on ethics, education, and daily life. He died sometime after AD 120, leaving behind a body of…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Plutarch

Plutarch
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The great god Pan is dead.
— Why the Oracles cease to give Answers (Tr. Goodwin)
Plutarch
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He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.
— Of Garrulity (Tr. Goodwin)
Plutarch
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The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
— On Listening to Lectures (Tr. Waterfield)
Plutarch
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Scilurus on his death-bed, being about to leave four-score sons surviving, offered a bundle of darts to each of them, and bade them break them.
— 31 Scilurus
Plutarch
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Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!
— 32 Dionysius
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78.1
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Score components
Historical26.1
Now attention12.5
Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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Category rank
#60
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence