Plutarch
Greek biographer and philosopher
Plutarch was an ancient Greek biographer, historian and philosopher, born in Chaeronea. He is best known for Parallel Lives and Moralia.
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Roman Born in Chaeronea, Greece
About Plutarch
Plutarch was a Greek writer who later became a Roman citizen, and he served as a priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is classed as a Middle Platonist philosopher, and he also worked as a historian, biographer and essayist. Parallel Lives pairs biographies of well-known Greeks and Romans, while Moralia gathers his essays and speeches. His surviving works are in Greek, aimed at both Greek and Roman audiences. We summarize his book How to Be a Leader.