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Plutarch

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Plutarch (; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koinē Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; c. AD 46 – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plutarch has received more than 3,508,107 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Plutarch is the 44th most popular philosopher (down from 37th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 17th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Plutarch is most famous for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies that compare the lives of famous Greeks and Romans.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plutarch ranks 44 out of 1,081. Before him are David Hume, Søren Kierkegaard, Protagoras, Thomas More, Maria Montessori, and Sun Tzu. After him are Michel de Montaigne, Origen, Al-Farabi, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Amos Comenius, and Zeno of Elea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 46, Plutarch ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 127, Plutarch ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 22 out of 936. Before him are Spartacus (-109), Aristophanes (-448), Euripides (-480), Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), and Sappho (-630). After him are El Greco (1541), Thucydides (-460), Phidias (-490), Bayezid II (1447), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), and Xenophon (-430).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 8. Before him are Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Protagoras (-486). After him are Gorgias (-483), Leucippus (-500), Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), Antisthenes (-445), and Isocrates (-436).

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