At both Chalcis and Athens Plutarch tells us that there was an Amazoneum or shrine of Amazons that implied the presence of both tombs and cult.

Plutarch tells a story that at Bactra, in 327 BC in a debate with Callisthenes, he advised all to worship Alexander as a god even during his lifetime, is with greater probability attributed to the Sicilian Cleon.

For this victory, Plutarch tells us, he was awarded a second triumph that was even more splendid than was the first.

Plutarch tells a slightly different story, stating that Pompey visited Cinna ’ s camp and escaped accused of doing some wrong.

Plutarch tells us of the death of Antony.

Plutarch tells us that he superintended the great works of Pericles on the Acropolis.

Plutarch, in Moralia ( 2nd century ), tells of the bravery of the women of Argos, in the 5th century BC, who repulsed the attacks of kings of Sparta.

Though not explicitly stated, this was probably the Spartan attack on Mantinea in 385 BC, as described by Xenophon ; Plutarch tells us that Epaminondas was there as part of a Theban force aiding the Spartans, so this battle fits the description.

Plutarch, in his vita of Pericles, 24, mentions lost comedies of Kratinos and Eupolis, which alluded to the contemporary capacity of Aspasia in the household of Pericles, and to Sophocles in The Trachiniae it was shameful for Heracles to serve an Oriental woman in this fashion, but there are many late Hellenistic and Roman references in texts and art to Heracles being forced to do women's work and even wear women's clothing and hold a basket of wool while Omphale and her maidens did their spinning, as Ovid tells: Omphale even wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried Heracles ' olive-wood club.

Plutarch, in like manner, tells of the early religion of the Romans, that it was imageless and spiritual.

Plutarch tells of a similar story, reporting that it comes from a work entitled On Good Birth, but he expresses doubt as to whether it was written by Aristotle.

Lucian, writing in his book On Slips of the Tongue describes an occasion when Hephaestion's conversation one morning implied that he had been in Alexander's tent all night, and Plutarch describes the intimacy between them when he tells how Hephaestion was in the habit of reading Alexander's letters with him, and of a time when he showed that the contents of a letter were to be kept secret by touching his ring to Hephaestion's lips.

Plutarch tells the story:

" Plutarch tells the story of how, in 344 BC, a thirteen-year-old Alexander won the horse.

A story told by Plutarch tells of Quintus Poppaedius Silo, leader of the Marsi and involved in a highly controversial business in the Roman Forum, who made a visit to his friend Marcus Livius and met the children of the house.

Plutarch also tells a story about Cato's peers ' immense respect for him, even at a young age, during the Roman ritual military game, called " Troy ", in which all aristocratic teenagers participated as a sort of " coming of age " ceremony, involving a mock battle with wooden weapons performed on horseback.

This suspicion is continued when we refer to what Plutarch tells of the system of Zoroaster ( Isis and Osiris 47 ) for we there find other coincidences with our system, which can scarcely be accidental.

Plutarch tells of how they could be effective at a distance, but in close combat the narrow thureos shield disadvantaged them.

Plutarch, in his Parallel Lives, tells us that Cicero was forced to testify against Clodius by Terentia, in order to prove that he was not having an affair with Clodia ( Clodius ' sister ).

In Life of Cicero, Plutarch tells us that Terentia was at fault for the lack of funds that Cicero required to pay for his journey.

Plutarch tells the story of Alexander the Great after founding Alexandria, he marched to Siwa Oasis and the sibyl is said to have confirmed him as both a divine personage and the legitimate Pharaoh of Egypt.

Plutarch tells us that Ambrones alone numbered more than 30, 000 and were the most warlike division of the enemy, who had earlier defeated the Romans under Manlius and Caepio.

Casmus teaches her how to remember dreams, and tells her that soon they will be going to Mount Plutarch to have her abilities tested by the Kingmaker.

Plutarch tells us that the Thesprotians, the Chaonians and the Molossians were the three principal clusters of Greek tribes that had emerged in Epirus, and all three were the most powerful among all other tribes.

During the height of the Roman Empire, famous historians such as Polybius, Livy and Plutarch documented the rise of the Roman Republic, and the organization and histories of other nations, while statesmen like Julius Caesar, Cicero and others provided us with examples of the politics of the republic and Rome's empire and wars.

The traditional account of Roman history, which has come down to us through Livy, Plutarch, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and others, is that in Rome's first centuries it was ruled by a succession of seven kings.

After 200 BC at any given time there were two priests of Apollo, who were in charge of the entire sanctuary ; Plutarch, who served as a priest during the late first century and early second century AD, gives us the most information about the organization of the oracle at that time.

It is not known whether the Oracle participated with the Dionysian rites of the Maenads or Thyades in the Korykion cave on Mount Parnassos, although Plutarch informs us that his friend Clea was both a Priestess to Apollo and to the secret rites of Dionysus.

His verses have come down to us in fragmentary quotations by ancient authors such as Plutarch and Demosthenes who used them to illustrate their own arguments.

Details about Solon's personal life have been passed down to us by ancient authors such as Plutarch and Herodotus.

133 (= Stobaeus 4. 52. 43 ) " ..." Plutarch ( first century CE ) is the earliest source for her name that is now available to us.

Plutarch has recorded the following: " When someone said to him: ' Except for being king you are not at all superior to us ,' Leonidas son of Anaxandridas and brother of Cleomenes replied: ' But were I not better than you, I should not be king.

Plutarch unfortunately, does not give us any further details, and contented himself with describing the well-known assumption of Xenocrates, that the soul is a self-moving number.

Through texts of Publius Ovidius Naso and Plutarch, the myth about the origin of the Rhodope mountains and the Balkan mountain range has reached us: " Rhodopa and Hemus were brother and sister.

A quip that Plutarch gives us is when Gaius gave a clever retort to a political opponent who had attacked Cornelia.

: Plutarch gives some information that might help us realize the real reason behind Anytus ' worries.

Plutarch informs us that Ion severely criticised Pericles, who is said to have been his rival in love.

Plutarch ’ s Life of Pericles, 13. 4 – 9, informs us “ the man who directed all the projects and was overseer for him was Phidias ...

According to Fabius ' biographer Plutarch, Fabius possessed a mild temper and slowness in speaking.

Plutarch isn't sure exactly how Fabius came up with this number, although he believes it was to honor of the perfection of the number three, as it is the first of the odd numbers, and one of the first of the prime numbers.

Plutarch states that Metilius " boldly applied himself to the people in the behalf of Minucius ", and had Minucius granted powers equivalent to those of Fabius.

According to Plutarch, Paullus replied to Fabius that he feared the votes in Rome more than Hannibal's army.

* Fabius, by Plutarch

The main literary sources for Servius ' life and achievements are the Roman historian Livy ( 59 BC – AD 17 ), his near contemporary Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Plutarch ( c. 46 – 120 AD ); their own sources included works by Quintus Fabius Pictor, Diocles of Peparethus and Quintus Ennius.

It is reported by Plutarch, that the lenient discipline of the troops under Scipio's command, and the exaggerated expense incurred by the general, provoked the protest of Cato ; that Scipio immediately afterwards replied angrily, saying he would give an account of victories, not of money ; that Cato left his place of duty after the dispute with Scipio about his alleged extravagance, and returning to Rome, condemned the uneconomical activities of his general to the senate ; and that, at the joint request of Cato and Fabius, a commission of tribunes was sent to Sicily to examine the behavior of Scipio, who was found not guilty upon the view of his extensive and careful arrangements for the transport of the troops.

Fabius was used as a source by Plutarch ,< Ref > Life of Romulus </ Ref > Polybius, Livy, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and his work had been translated into Latin by the time of Cicero.

To counterbalance these high honours, the Dialis was subjected to many restrictions and privations, a long catalogue of which was compiled by Aulus Gellius from the works of Fabius Pictor and Masurius Sabinus, while Plutarch, in his Roman Questions, endeavours to explain their import.