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Plutarch

Plutarch

Born c. 46 · Died c. 120

Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.

Books by Plutarch in order

Books by Plutarch in the order they were published, from Old world worthies; or, Classical biography (1478) to How to Be a Leader (2019).

  1. 1Old world worthies; or, Classical biographyOld world worthies; or, Classical biography1478
  2. 2Plutarch's MoralsPlutarch's Morals1500
  3. 3The education or bringinge up of childrenThe education or bringinge up of children1535
  4. 4Plutarch's LivesPlutarch's Lives1564
  5. 5LivesLives1804
  6. 6Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2Plutarch's Lives, Volume 21821
  7. 7Plutarch's Romane questionsPlutarch's Romane questions1892
  8. 8The children's PlutarchThe children's Plutarch1906
  9. 9Complete worksComplete works1909
  10. 10Plutarch's lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, AlcibPlutarch's lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades, and Coriolanus, Demosthenes, and Cicero, Caesar and Antony1909
  11. 11Le vite parallele di PlutarcoLe vite parallele di Plutarco1910
  12. 12Selected essays of PlutarchSelected essays of Plutarch1913
  13. 13Plutarch Lives, IV, Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Plutarch Lives, IV, Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla1916
  14. 14Fall of the Roman RepublicFall of the Roman Republic1959
  15. 15The rise and fall of AthensThe rise and fall of Athens1960
  16. 16Ten famous livesTen famous lives1962
  17. 17Makers of Rome, nine livesMakers of Rome, nine lives1965
  18. 18Plutarch's De Iside et OsiridePlutarch's De Iside et Osiride1970
  19. 19Plutarch on SpartaPlutarch on Sparta1988
  20. 20Greek livesGreek lives1998
  21. 21Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and Romans1999
  22. 22The life of Alexander the GreatThe life of Alexander the Great2004
  23. 23On SpartaOn Sparta2005
  24. 24How to Be a LeaderHow to Be a Leader2019

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