Plutarchian

American  

[ploo-tahr-kee-uhn] / pluˈtɑr ki ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.

2. 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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Etymology

Origin of Plutarchian

First recorded in 1855–60; Plutarch + -ian

Example Sentences

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

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 Saintsbury, George

He evidently wanted to portray a Plutarchian man of heroic size, and he therefore had to exclude all that was subtly individualizing.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

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 Thomas, Calvin

Plutarchian heroes outstayed not their fame, And what nor Brutus nor Themistocles Nor Cato nor Mark Antony survived, Why, why should I?

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas