PLUTARCH: AT BEST A NAME TO MOST PEOPLE

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Plutarch: At best a name to most people

NEW YORK, Jul 01, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Like all ancient authors today, Plutarch is at best a name to most people, even to most college-educated people.

You, dear reader, belong to a select group, because you know that Plutarch (c. 46 - c. 120) was a Greek biographer and moral philosopher who wrote, among other things, a famous series of "parallel lives" comparing various Greek and Roman figures.

Perhaps, like me, you first learned about Plutarch from reading the notes to Julius Caesar, Antony ...

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