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Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...

was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist.

Plutarch may also refer to:
  • Plutarch (crater)
    Plutarch (crater)
    Plutarch is a lunar impact crater that lies near the north-northeastern limb of the Moon, just to the south of the irregular crater Seneca. To the southeast is the flooded crater Cannon...

    , a lunar impact crater
  • Plutarch of Athens
    Plutarch of Athens
    Plutarch of Athens was a Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist who taught at Athens at the beginning of the 5th century. He reestablished the Platonic Academy there and became its leader...

     (circa 350-430), Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist
  • Plutarch of Byzantium
    Plutarch of Byzantium
    Plutarch , served as Bishop of Byzantium for sixteen years in succession to Polycarp. When he died, he was buried in the church of Argyroupolis, as were his predecessors....

     (1st century), Bishop of Byzantium
  • Plutarch of Eretria
    Plutarch of Eretria
    Plutarch was a tyrant of Eretria in Euboea. Whether he was the immediate successor of Themison, and also whether he was in any way connected with him by blood, are points which we have no means of ascertaining...

    (4th century BC), tyrant of Eretria


Etymology
From the Greek name Πλούταρχος (Ploutarchos), which meant "source of wealth" from Greek πλοῦτος (ploutos) "riches, wealth" and αρχη (arche) "origin, source".
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