Pseudo-Plutarch is the conventional name given to the unknown authors of a number of pseudepigrapha attributed to Plutarch

Plutarch

Plutarch then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...

.

Some of these works were included in some editions of Plutarch's Moralia

Moralia

The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They give an insight into Roman and Greek life, but often are also fascinating timeless observations in their own right...

. Among these are

• the Lives of the Ten Orators (vitae decem oratorum, biographies of the Ten Orators of ancient Athens
  Athens
  Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
  
  , based on Caecilius of Calacte
  Caecilius of Calacte
  For others of this name see Archagathus Caecilius, of Calacte in Sicily, Greek rhetorician, flourished at Rome during the reign of Augustus....
  
  ), possibly deriving from a common source with the Lives of Photius.
• The Doctrines of the Philosophers
• On Music
• Parallela Minora
• Pro nobilitate
• On Rivers
• De Homero
• De unius in re publica dominatione is of uncertain authenticity.

These works date to slightly later than Plutarch, but they all date to Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world. Precise boundaries for the period are a matter of debate, but noted historian of the period Peter Brown proposed...

 (3rd to 4th century AD).

One pseudepigraphal philosophical work, De fato (included in editions of Plutarch's Moralia

Moralia

The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They give an insight into Roman and Greek life, but often are also fascinating timeless observations in their own right...

) is thought to be a 2nd century Middle Platonic

Middle Platonism

Middle Platonism is the modern name given to a stage in the development of Plato's philosophy, lasting from about 90 BC, when Antiochus of Ascalon rejected the scepticism of the New Academy, until the development of Neoplatonism under Plotinus in the 3rd century. Middle Platonism absorbed many...

 work.

Some works ascribed to Plutarch are likely of medieval origin, such as the Letter to Trajan.

Literature

• Aalders G. J. D. "Plutarch or Pseudo-Plutarch ? The authorship of De unius in re publica dominatione" Mnemosyne XXXV (1982) :72-83
• Boscherini, S. 1985 "A proposito della tradizione del Pro nobilitate pseudo-plutarcheo" in R. Cardini, E. Garin
  Eugenio Garin
  Eugenio Garin was an Italian philosopher and Renaissance historian. He was recognised as an authority on the cultural history of the Renaissance...
  
  , L. C. Martinelli, G. Pascucci, eds., Tradizione classica e letteratura umanistica. Per Alessandro Perosa. Vol.I. II. (Humanistica.3.4.). (Roma): 651-660.
• Conti Bizzarro, Ferruccio "Note a Ps.-Plutarch. de musica" MCr 29 (1994): 259-261
• Hillgruber, Michael 1994 Die pseudoplutarchische Schrift De Homero. (Stuttgart).
• Jurado, E.A. Ramos 1990 "Quaestiones ps.-Plutarcheae" in Pérez Jimenez 1990: 123-126.
• Seeliger, Friedrich Konrad 1874 De Dionysio Halicarnassensi Plutarchi qui vulgo fertur in vitis decem oratorum auctore. Dissertation—Leipzig. (Budissae).
• Smith, Rebekah M. 1992 "Photius on the ten orators" GRBS 33: 159-189.
• Tieleman, Teun 1991 "Diogenes of Babylon and Stoic embryology: Ps. Plutarch, Plac. V 15.4 reconsidered." Mnemosyne 44: 106-125.

External links

• Bibliography on Plutarch