Plutarch

About the author

Plutarch was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, and essayist who also served as a priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is best known for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus.