Plutarchian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
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characteristic of or resembling a biography by Plutarch or its subject.
a life worthy of Plutarchian description; a deed of Plutarchian splendor.
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Origin of Plutarchian
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When he successfully escaped from a semantics trap baited by Douglas, the Illinoisan tossed him a barbed Plutarchian salute: "We will meet again at Philippi."
From Time Magazine Archive
He has the soul of a Plutarchian hero, and where two ways present themselves, the most natural is for him the most heroic.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas
What could be better for his purpose than a daring conspiracy, led by a Plutarchian hero who was at the same time a single-minded patriot?
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas
In the Plutarchian method there was ever a snare, and I have come near treading in it.
From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
In that respect Theodore Hook is Paul's Plutarchian parallel, though he has more literature and less life.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
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