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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]
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 ...
Eminem also adopted Stevie — whom his ex-wife welcomed in 2002 with then-boyfriend Eric Hartter —and Alaina, born in 1993 to Kim’s sister, Dawn Scott. (Dawn died at age 41 in 2016 after ...
Three people were killed in the blaze, fire officials said. Neighbors told The Post early Sunday that the family consisted of a mother, who was in her 90s and had Alzheimer’s; her son; and a ...
1659 painting by Elisabetta Sirani (adapting Merian's engraving); Timoclea pushing the Thracian captain who raped her into a well.. Timoclea or Timocleia of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Τιμοκλεία) is a woman whose story is told by Plutarch in his Life of Alexander, and at greater length in his Mulierum virtutes ("Virtues of Women").
Richard Gere is settling into life in Spain with his wife and children. The Pretty Woman star, 75, and his wife Alejandra Silva , 41, recently sat down with ELLE España and gushed about their ...
What is known of Tullia's life is from Plutarch's account of Cicero and the letters that Cicero wrote to others, particularly to her mother, and to his friend, the eques Titus Pomponius Atticus. In 66 BC, Tullia was betrothed to Gaius Calpurnius Piso Frugi. They were married in 63, when Tullia was fifteen or sixteen, and Piso not much older.