. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... . Letters and his Panegyric on Trajanare the only parts of his writings that , a Platonic philosopher,was born, in 203, at Lycopolis, in Egypt;was a disciple of Ammonius Saccas; en-countered great danger in accompanyingthe emperor Gordian oa his expeditionagainst the Parthians, which he did with aview to obtaining a knowledge of Persianand Indian philosophy; and died, in 270,after having resided at Rome during manyyears. His works were translated intoLatin, in 1492,
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... . Letters and his Panegyric on Trajanare the only parts of his writings that , a Platonic philosopher,was born, in 203, at Lycopolis, in Egypt;was a disciple of Ammonius Saccas; en-countered great danger in accompanyingthe emperor Gordian oa his expeditionagainst the Parthians, which he did with aview to obtaining a knowledge of Persianand Indian philosophy; and died, in 270,after having resided at Rome during manyyears. His works were translated intoLatin, in 1492, by Ficino. POC 421 PLOWDEN, Francis, an historianand miscellaneous writer, a native of Ire-land and a Roman Catholic, was a barristerand conveyancer. A verdict of £.5000obtained against him in an Irish court, in1813, for an alleged libel in his History ofIreland, compelled him to retire to France,where he remained till his decease, at aaadvanced age, in 1829. Among his worksare. The History of Ireland; Jura Anglo-nmi; Church and vState; The Case stated;and a Treatise upon the Law of Usury PLUTARCH, a celebrated Greek biog-rapher and philosopher, was born, aboutA. D. 50, at Cheronaea, in Boeotia, andstudied at Athens under Ammonius, afterwhich he travelled in Greece and Egypt,sedulously acquiring knowledge. For someyears subsequently he resided at Rome,where his lectures on philosophy attractedmany illustrious auditors. Trajan was oneof his hearers, and, after he became empe-ror, is said to have conferred on him theconsular dignity; but this story is apocry-phal. at length retired to Chero-na;a, where he filled the office of was also a priest of the Delphic is believed to have died about A. His extant works are his Morals^and his Lives of Illustrious Men; the lastof which, though often erroneous in pointof fact, must ever be read with delight. POCAHONTAS, daughter of an IndianChief, and much celelirated in the earlyhistory of
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