Plutarch

Plutarch (c. 46–after 119 CE) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, born in Chaeronea, Boeotia, Greece. He authored over 200 works, including the renowned Parallel Lives, pairing biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, and the Moralia, a collection of essays on ethics, philosophy, and other topics. Plutarch held public offices in Chaeronea, taught philosophy, lectured in Rome, and traveled extensively while residing primarily in his hometown.