Plutarch

Plutarch (46 - c.122) was a Greek historian, biographer, and priest who lived from 46 to 127 AD.

He wrote Parallel Lives (Vitae Parallae), comparing great Roman and Greek men, to illustrate the similarities between the peoples in an attempt to bring their societies into greater harmony. This goal, arguably realized, was an extension of the Hellenization of the Roman Republic that occurred in the centuries prior to Plutarch's life and could be seen in the merging of their pantheon of gods.

Some of his works:

• Theseus, The Athenian Adventurer (c. 1300 B.C.).
• Lycurgus, The Father of Sparta (c. 800 B.C.).
• Solon, The Lawmaker of Athens (c. 600 B.C.) - Publius Valerius Poplicola, (? - 504 BC).
• Aristides, "The Just" (530 - 468 B.C.).
• Pericles, "The Olympian" (495 - 429 B.C.) - Fabius Maximus, "The Delayer" (ca. 280 BC - 203 BC).
• Alexander, "The Great" (356 - 323 B.C.) - Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC)[1].
• Pyrrhus of Epirus, The Fool of Hope (319 - 272 B.C.).

Mourned let me die; and may I, when life ends,
Occasion sighs and sorrows to my friends, Poplicola.

Poplicola means "friend of the people".

See also

• Greek Philosophy
• Greeks

External links

• Plutarch - His Life and Legacy
• Works by Plutarch
• 15 Ancient Greek Heroes