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Plutarch and his wife, Timoxena, [19] had at least four sons and one daughter, although two died in childhood. A letter is still extant, addressed by Plutarch to his wife, bidding her not to grieve too much at the death of their two-year-old daughter, who was named Timoxena after her mother, which also mentions the loss of a young son, Chaeron ...
Included in Moralia is a letter addressed by Plutarch to his wife, bidding her not give way to excessive grief at the death of their two-year-old daughter, who was named Timoxena after her mother. [18] In the letter, Plutarch expresses his belief in reincarnation: [19] The soul, being eternal, after death is like a caged bird that has been ...
Plutarch was born c. 46 CE, approximately 130 years after the events he describes. [14] Plutarch's account is known to be based on sources hostile to Pompey, such as Oppius, a Caesarian propagandist whose work Plutarch consulted while writing the Life of Pompey. [15]
Alma-Tadema accurately recreates on his canvas the events recounted by Plutarch, in his book Moralia: "At the time when usurpers from Phocis seized the sanctuary of Delphi and the Thebans declared the so-called sacred war on them, the women in the service of Dionysus, who are called the maenads, in a trance and wandering at night, did not ...
Jessica Alba is spending quality time with her boy! On Monday, Feb. 17, the actress, 43, shared an Instagram reel capturing sweet moments from her weekend away with son Hayes, 7. The footage ...
Former GameOn CEO Alexander Charles Beckman, 41, and his wife, Valerie Lau Beckman, 38, were hit with a litany of allegations related to their work at the AI chatbot firm on Thursday. The ...
Image credits: Michael Buckner / Getty #3 Scott Disick. Boxes of Mounjaro, which is known for its weight loss effects, were found stacked in Scott Disick’s fridge on a past episode of The ...
Plutarch, in his biography of Artaxerxes II, did not believe this story. According to another tradition, Parysatis murdered her daughter-in-law because she realized that her son only felt true love for his wife. Plutarch reports that Parysatis performed the assassination with the help of a loyal servant named Gigis.