“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
PLUTARCH
ANCIENT GREEK BIOGRAPHER (C. 46 – 120 CE)
PLUTARCH
ANCIENT GREEK BIOGRAPHER (C. 46 – 120 CE)
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 AM
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
PLUTARCH
ANCIENT GREEK BIOGRAPHER (C. 46 – 120 CE)
PLUTARCH
ANCIENT GREEK BIOGRAPHER (C. 46 – 120 CE)
#realityhunger I find it interesting how the author choses to use bullet points sometimes to indicate a new thought, and sometimes just to give an example of a previous point like in item 23. Also, he kind of writes like Plutarch.
February 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
#realityhunger I find it interesting how the author choses to use bullet points sometimes to indicate a new thought, and sometimes just to give an example of a previous point like in item 23. Also, he kind of writes like Plutarch.
A lengthy footnote listing his lovers by female and male would also be appreciated. The great Plutarch would want it that way. 🙌
February 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A lengthy footnote listing his lovers by female and male would also be appreciated. The great Plutarch would want it that way. 🙌
To read the translated words of Plutarch: www.livius.org/sources/cont... and then I’d note my favorite Caesar biography is by the epically kind and smart Bob Morstein-Marx: www.cambridge.org/core/books/j...
Julius Caesar and the Roman People
Cambridge Core - Ancient History - Julius Caesar and the Roman People
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February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
To read the translated words of Plutarch: www.livius.org/sources/cont... and then I’d note my favorite Caesar biography is by the epically kind and smart Bob Morstein-Marx: www.cambridge.org/core/books/j...
February 15, 44 BCE: Plutarch (Life of JC, 61) details the Lupercalia on this day. The consul, Marc Antony, ran through the streets naked (as one does) hitting women with strips of fur. It is unclear to me if he had clothes on when then offering a diadem to Caesar twice. 🐺 But it was a bad look. 👑
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
February 15, 44 BCE: Plutarch (Life of JC, 61) details the Lupercalia on this day. The consul, Marc Antony, ran through the streets naked (as one does) hitting women with strips of fur. It is unclear to me if he had clothes on when then offering a diadem to Caesar twice. 🐺 But it was a bad look. 👑
Was looking for a Plutarch/Dryden and simply gave up and made a librarian find it for me. Even they struggled for a bit.
February 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Was looking for a Plutarch/Dryden and simply gave up and made a librarian find it for me. Even they struggled for a bit.
I’ve been thinking a lot about Roman imperial biography and how I think current events are going to reshape how future historians read Suetonius, Plutarch, and the HA
February 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about Roman imperial biography and how I think current events are going to reshape how future historians read Suetonius, Plutarch, and the HA
History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.
February 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.
I went to a small-town public high school in Ohio where I took Latin and translated entire books of the Bible from Latin. We also did Cicero, Catullus, and Plutarch.
Did Kristi Noem say the Bible was written in English? www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
Did Kristi Noem say the Bible was written in English? www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
Did Kristi Noem say the Bible was written in English?
An alleged quote attributed to the homeland security secretary misidentified both the Bible's author and its original language.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I went to a small-town public high school in Ohio where I took Latin and translated entire books of the Bible from Latin. We also did Cicero, Catullus, and Plutarch.
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Did Kristi Noem say the Bible was written in English? www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
Happy Lupercalia!
Roman wolf festival from 13-15 February
On which many youths run up and down through the city naked, striking those they meet with shaggy thongs
[Lucky Plutarch]
Roman wolf festival from 13-15 February
On which many youths run up and down through the city naked, striking those they meet with shaggy thongs
[Lucky Plutarch]
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Happy Lupercalia!
Roman wolf festival from 13-15 February
On which many youths run up and down through the city naked, striking those they meet with shaggy thongs
[Lucky Plutarch]
Roman wolf festival from 13-15 February
On which many youths run up and down through the city naked, striking those they meet with shaggy thongs
[Lucky Plutarch]
🧭 Guidance by Plutarch:
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
🧭 Guidance by Plutarch:
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
As it turns out, Plutarch, consciously or unconsciously, touched on a truth that most of us feel, but rarely meditate upon: the little things in behaviour are the door not only to the real character of people but also to their soul.
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
As it turns out, Plutarch, consciously or unconsciously, touched on a truth that most of us feel, but rarely meditate upon: the little things in behaviour are the door not only to the real character of people but also to their soul.
plutarch being an annoying tv man 🚬🚬🚬 we have no choice but to stan
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
plutarch being an annoying tv man 🚬🚬🚬 we have no choice but to stan
He still has a very strong Cork accent. That so few people know what his voice sounds like is one major thing that differentiates him from his "parallel life" (if anyone wants to do a modern Plutarch) Cummings.
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
He still has a very strong Cork accent. That so few people know what his voice sounds like is one major thing that differentiates him from his "parallel life" (if anyone wants to do a modern Plutarch) Cummings.
Just finished writing on Thucydides and Plutarch. It’s a draft so needs a polish but still cause for a small celebration! Heading for a coffee and taking a breath.
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Just finished writing on Thucydides and Plutarch. It’s a draft so needs a polish but still cause for a small celebration! Heading for a coffee and taking a breath.
the ideas going around are either pretty good (effie, bc that would actually be about propaganda and not one throwaway line) or really shit (plutarch??? finnick????????????)
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
the ideas going around are either pretty good (effie, bc that would actually be about propaganda and not one throwaway line) or really shit (plutarch??? finnick????????????)
god the writing is so sloppy in sotr im not gonna lie 😭😭😭 when plutarch literally said "no more implicit submission for you mr abernathy!" in the book i laughed out loud bc are you serious
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
god the writing is so sloppy in sotr im not gonna lie 😭😭😭 when plutarch literally said "no more implicit submission for you mr abernathy!" in the book i laughed out loud bc are you serious
gotta love Plutarch ✌️ (by which I mean Aristobulus)
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
gotta love Plutarch ✌️ (by which I mean Aristobulus)
George Carlin on the pitfalls of blind (Discrete) Capitalism (God)
I wonder if he read plutarch
I wonder if he read plutarch
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
George Carlin on the pitfalls of blind (Discrete) Capitalism (God)
I wonder if he read plutarch
I wonder if he read plutarch
Dion was a tyrant of the Greek city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. Cornelius Nepo was a Roman writer of political and military biographies - similar but inferior to Plutarch.
#Classics #biography
#Classics #biography
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Dion was a tyrant of the Greek city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. Cornelius Nepo was a Roman writer of political and military biographies - similar but inferior to Plutarch.
#Classics #biography
#Classics #biography
i love when frankenstein adaptations put some focus on how certain books shape the creature's worldview and ethics. in the novel he reads paradise lost, plutarch, and goethe whereas in the film he reads the bible, fairy tales, romanticism, then ending with paradise lost
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
i love when frankenstein adaptations put some focus on how certain books shape the creature's worldview and ethics. in the novel he reads paradise lost, plutarch, and goethe whereas in the film he reads the bible, fairy tales, romanticism, then ending with paradise lost
“All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.” Plutarch
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.” Plutarch
"In his treatise The Obsolescence of Oracles, Plutarch tells us of one Epimenides of Phaestus who decided to consult Apollo himself about the truth of this story. He received an unclear and ambiguous response from which he concluded that there was no centre of the earth or sea" (Julia Kindt).
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February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"In his treatise The Obsolescence of Oracles, Plutarch tells us of one Epimenides of Phaestus who decided to consult Apollo himself about the truth of this story. He received an unclear and ambiguous response from which he concluded that there was no centre of the earth or sea" (Julia Kindt).
Welcome to Cali, Geroux! Appreciated your win with Plutarch in the Lewis! 👏🏇
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Welcome to Cali, Geroux! Appreciated your win with Plutarch in the Lewis! 👏🏇