plutarch

IPA: pɫutˈɑrtʃ

Root Word: Plutarch

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.
Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's Lives

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