Get to know Plutarch better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like biographer.
Plutarch in a sentence
Plutarch meaning
The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 C.E.). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.
Synonyms of Plutarch
Using Plutarch
- The main meaning on this page is: The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 C.E.). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.
- Useful related words include: biographer.
- In the example corpus, plutarch often appears in combinations such as: plutarch solon, to plutarch, by plutarch.
Context around Plutarch
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Plutarch
- In this selection, "plutarch" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pseudo, published, philosopher, main, scholar and life stand out and add context to how "plutarch" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 79 80 plutarch has him and according to plutarch ariabignes was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "plutarch" sits close to words such as acosta, afar and anterior, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with plutarch
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, she sympathizes with the rebellion, and she works from the inside with Plutarch Heavensbee. (15 words)
Based on Aristotle’s work, Plutarch attributes the Crypteia to Lycurgus, the legendary Spartan lawmaker. (15 words)
According to Plutarch, Ariabignes was killed by Ameinias and Socles ( Greek Σωκλής main) of Pallene. (15 words)
According to Plutarch, sarissas of 5 meters seemed light and handy after a very long training, but a 7,5 meters sarissa, no matter how intensively prepared were the soldiers, could never be wielded with ease. (36 words)
In 1770, English brothers John and William Langhorne published "Plutarch's Lives from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch" in 6 volumes and dedicated to Lord Folkestone. (35 words)
The religious value of the boundary marker is documented by Plutarch, Plutarch Numa 16. who ascribes to king Numa the construction of temples to Fides and Terminus and the delimitation of Roman territory. (33 words)
This brings up the question - would Plutarch have joined the rebellion if he didn't have something to gain from it? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pseudo-Plutarch main Pseudo-Plutarch is the conventional name given to the unknown authors of a number of pseudepigrapha attributed to Plutarch.
According to Plutarch scholar R. H. Barrow, Herodotus’ real failing in Plutarch’s eyes was to advance any criticism at all of those states that saved Greece from Persia.
In 1770, English brothers John and William Langhorne published "Plutarch's Lives from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch" in 6 volumes and dedicated to Lord Folkestone.
Plutarch, Life of Brutus, chapter 48 Plutarch wrote that, according to Volumnius, Brutus repeated two verses, but Volumnius was only able to recall the one quoted.
Plutarch, Pompey, 79–80 Plutarch has him meet his fate with great dignity, on his 60th birthday.
The religious value of the boundary marker is documented by Plutarch, Plutarch Numa 16. who ascribes to king Numa the construction of temples to Fides and Terminus and the delimitation of Roman territory.
Greek philosopher Plutarch believed that truffles came about through a complicated combination of natural and spiritual processes.
However, she sympathizes with the rebellion, and she works from the inside with Plutarch Heavensbee.
She found many opportunities for in-depth philosophical conversations with Plutarch, the most famous intellectual of his time.
This brings up the question - would Plutarch have joined the rebellion if he didn't have something to gain from it?
Based on Aristotle’s work, Plutarch attributes the Crypteia to Lycurgus, the legendary Spartan lawmaker.
The historian Plutarch that political candidates would wear togas without tunics underneath, exposing their battle-scarred chests as marks of courage.
Well, Plutarch was not claiming that this was a practice that existed in his own time.
Plutarch warned that imbalances between rich and poor are “the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics”.
According to Herodotus and Plutarch, he met with Croesus and gave the Lydian king advice, which however Croesus failed to appreciate until it was too late.
According to Plutarch, Ariabignes was killed by Ameinias and Socles ( Greek Σωκλής main) of Pallene.
According to Plutarch, by the end of the summer of 66 BC, his forces had swept the Mediterranean clear of opposition.
According to Plutarch, sarissas of 5 meters seemed light and handy after a very long training, but a 7,5 meters sarissa, no matter how intensively prepared were the soldiers, could never be wielded with ease.
According to Plutarch's essay on the meaning of the "E at Delphi"—the only literary source for the inscription, there have been various interpretations of this letter.
According to Plutarch, Solon was related to the tyrant Peisistratos for their mothers were cousins.
Common combinations with plutarch
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- plutarch solon 13×
- to plutarch 12×
- by plutarch 8×
- plutarch pericles 8×
- and plutarch 7×
- in plutarch 6×
- of plutarch 6×
- plutarch life 5×
- plutarch 's 5×
- plutarch says 5×