About

Dan Meyer · History, Literature, and Philosophy

Recent graduate of Duquesne University with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy and a minor in English. My research centers on Classical Greece and Rome—particularly Plutarch—alongside historical morality, teleology, and the philosophy of Nietzsche. More recently, I’ve turned much of my attention to the Proto-Indo-Europeans: their cultural influence on Greece and Rome, and their enduring imprint on Western civilization more broadly.

During my time at Duquesne I received the Erik Gerhard Student Award for excellence in history and the Excellence in Service to the Philosophy Department Award, and was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta in April 2021. My fiction has appeared in Duquesne’s literary journal :Lexicon. Since graduating, I have continued my independent research, maintaining close working relationships with my professors, with whom I frequently collaborate on teaching, grading, and research.

I currently work at the University of Pittsburgh as Operations Manager of the Dietrich School Scientific Stockroom, which supplies scientific materials—primarily chemicals—to research groups across the university.

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Projects

In August 2025, I edited and published a two-volume edition of Bernadotte Perrin’s translation of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives—the most recent complete single-author translation of the work, and previously available only through the Loeb Classical Library’s eleven-volume parallel-text edition.

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives of the Greeks and Romans

Grecian Lives and Roman Lives together present all of Plutarch’s surviving biographies, arranged chronologically for a more natural reading experience; Grecian Lives also includes Plutarch’s invaluable comparisons of his paired subjects. Already in use at universities across the United States.

Grecian Lives ↗ Roman Lives ↗

Commonplace

A personal reading journal I built for myself: track books and progress, collect quotes and notes, and run a book club—all stored privately, on your own device.

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