Works of Plutarch
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The Works of Plutarch are a collection of biographies and moral essays by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, best known for "Parallel Lives," which compare notable Greeks and Romans to explore character and virtue.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Plutarch’s writings | 2 |
| writings of Plutarch | 2 |
| Plutarch's writings | 1 |
| Works of Plutarch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17488054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Works of Plutarch Context triple: [Great Books of the Western World, hasPart, Works of Plutarch]
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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Plutarch's Moralia
Plutarch's Moralia is a collection of essays and dialogues by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, covering ethical, religious, political, and literary topics.
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Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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Lives of the Ten Orators
Lives of the Ten Orators is a biographical work traditionally attributed to Plutarch that sketches the lives and characters of ten prominent Attic orators of classical Greece.
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Life of Demosthenes
Life of Demosthenes is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, portraying the Athenian orator and statesman Demosthenes and comparing him with the Roman Cicero.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Works of Plutarch Target entity description: The Works of Plutarch are a collection of biographies and moral essays by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, best known for "Parallel Lives," which compare notable Greeks and Romans to explore character and virtue.
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A.
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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B.
Plutarch's Moralia
Plutarch's Moralia is a collection of essays and dialogues by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, covering ethical, religious, political, and literary topics.
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C.
Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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D.
Lives of the Ten Orators
Lives of the Ten Orators is a biographical work traditionally attributed to Plutarch that sketches the lives and characters of ten prominent Attic orators of classical Greece.
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E.
Life of Demosthenes
Life of Demosthenes is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, portraying the Athenian orator and statesman Demosthenes and comparing him with the Roman Cicero.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Great Books of the Western World series
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