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  1. Cato the Younger (died 46 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden The family of Cato derived its first lustre from his great-grandfather Cato, whose virtue gained him such great reputation and authority among the Romans, as we have written in his life.
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    What did Plutarch say about Cato?
    Cato was known for the grim and somewhat frightening expression on his countenance. In an omitted passage, Plutarch quotes a verse written after his death: "Porcius, who snarls at all in every place / With his grey eyes, and with his fiery face, / Even after death will scarce admitted be / Into the infernal realms by Hecate."
    Who is Cato the younger?
    Commentary: A few comments have been posted about Cato the Younger . Download: A 135k text-only version is available for download . The family of Cato derived its first lustre from his great-grandfather Cato, whose virtue gained him such great reputation and authority among the Romans, as we have written in his life.
    What is the origin of the family of Cato?
    The family of Cato derived its first lustre from his great-grandfather Cato, whose virtue gained him such great reputation and authority among the Romans, as we have written in his life. This Cato was, by the loss of both his parents, left an orphan, together with his brother Caepio, and his sister Porcia.
    Was Cato a good leader?
    However, Plutarch says that Cato was respected by most people (though not by everyone), and his insistence on high moral standards brought a welcome stability to Roman life, even if he didn't provide as much "fun" as other leaders.
  3. classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/mar_cato.html

    Cato (as it plainly appears) was never oversparing of his own praises, and seldom shunned boasting of any exploit; which quality, indeed, he seems to have thought the natural accompaniment of great actions; and with these particular exploits he was highly puffed

  4. classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/cato_you.html

    The family of Cato derived its first lustre from his great-grandfather Cato, whose virtue gained him such great reputation and authority among the Romans, as we have written in his life. This …

  5. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0014

    Cato's family got its first lustre and fame from his great-grandfather Cato (a man whose virtue gained him the greatest reputation and influence among the Romans, as has been written in …

  6. https://www.lexundria.com/plut_cat_ma/1-27/prr

    4 The influence which Cato’s oratory won for him waxed great, and men called him a Roman Demosthenes; but his manner of life was even more talked about and noised abroad. For his …

  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch

    Plutarch's surviving works were intended for Greek speakers throughout the Roman Empire, not just Greeks.
    Plutarch's first biographical works were the Lives of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Vitellius. Of these, only the Lives of Galba and Otho survive. The Lives of Tiberius and Nero are extant only as fragments, provided by Damascius (Life …

  8. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc...

    The family of Marcus Cato, it is said, was of Tusculan origin, though he lived, previous to his career as soldier and statesman, on an inherited estate in the country of the Sabines.

  9. https://www.amblesideonline.org/plutarch-cato

    Cato (as it plainly appears) was never oversparing of his own praises, and seldom shunned boasting of any exploit; which quality, indeed, he seems to have thought the natural

  10. https://www.loebclassics.com/view/plutarch-lives...

    Marcus Cato. slipped and fell, still, they poured along through the pass into these, crowding one another on in their fear of the enemy’s deadly weapons, and so destroyed themselves. Cato, …

  11. Plutarch's Life of Cato the Elder - Podcast Outline and …

    https://grammaticus.co/podcast/cato-the-elder

    Sometimes called Cato the Censor or Cato the Elder because he is the great-grandfather of the more famous Cato the Younger who resisted Julius Caesar in the first century civil wars. This Cato (234-149 BC) sets the standard for the …

  12. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14114/14114-h/14114-h.htm

    Nov 22, 2004 · PLUTARCH'S LIVES. LIFE OF PELOPIDAS. I. Cato the elder, speaking to some persons who were praising a man of reckless daring and audacity in war, observed that there …



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