Pseudo-Plutarch is the conventional name given to the actual, but unknown, authors of a number of
pseudepigrapha (falsely attributed works) attributed to
Plutarch but now known to have not been written by him.
Some of these works were included in some editions of Plutarch's Moralia. Among these are:
The Doctrines of the Philosophers (
Ancient Greek: Περὶ τῶν ἀρεσκόντων φιλοσόφοις φυσικῶν δογμάτων; Latin: Placita Philosophorum)[1]
De Musica (On Music)
Greek and Roman Parallel Stories (
Ancient Greek: Διηγήσεις Παράλληλοι Ἑλληνικαὶ καὶ Ῥωμαϊκαί), also known as the Parallela Minora[2] (Minor Parallels)
De Unius in Re Publica Dominatione (On the Rule of One in the Republic)
Consolatio ad Apollonium (Consolation to Apollonius)
These works date to slightly later than Plutarch, but almost all of them date to
Late Antiquity (3rd to 4th century AD). D. Blank has recently shown that Pro Nobilitate was written by Arnoul Le Ferron (Arnoldus Ferronus) and first published in 1556.[3]
One pseudepigraphal philosophical work, De Fato (On Fate; included in editions of Plutarch's Moralia), is thought to be a 2nd-century
Middle Platonic work.
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