Plutarch's Lives

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biographical collection
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Parallel_Lives
gptkbp:author gptkb:Plutarch
gptkbp:category gptkb:Greek
Classical literature
Biographical works
gptkbp:containsBiographyOf gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Cicero
gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Alcibiades
gptkb:Lycurgus
gptkb:Demosthenes
gptkb:Theseus
gptkb:Coriolanus
gptkb:Romulus
Cato the Younger
Pericles
Pompey
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
gptkbp:firstPublished 1517
gptkbp:genre biography
prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plutarch's Lives
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:Montaigne
Renaissance literature
gptkbp:influencedBy Roman historiography
Greek historiography
gptkbp:notableFeature comparison of Greek and Roman figures
focus on character and virtue
paired structure
gptkbp:notablePair gptkb:Demosthenes_and_Cicero
gptkb:Theseus_and_Romulus
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 23
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn various manuscripts
gptkbp:purpose moral comparison
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Moralia
gptkbp:structure paired biographies
gptkbp:subject Roman history
Greek history
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Sir_Thomas_North
1579
gptkbp:writtenBy 1st century AD
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Numa_Pompilius
gptkb:Antony_and_Cleopatra
gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Alcibiades
gptkb:Battle_of_Pharsalus
gptkb:Pelopidas
gptkb:Hannibal
gptkb:Lycurgus
gptkb:Demosthenes
gptkb:Solon
gptkb:Pyrrhus
gptkb:Theseus
gptkb:Volscians
gptkb:Lucullus
gptkb:Tarquinius_Superbus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5