Plutarch of chaeronea biography of william

Plutarch. National Gallery of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Few have heard of the name Plutarch. And even if one has somehow heard of him, they most probably do not know who he was or what he did.

Well, through this essay, I shall try to give you a brief idea of who Plutarch was and what he did, and what was his influence on the world.

Plutarch was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and philosopher, who is now most famous for his series of biographies of celebrated Greeks and Romans, titled Parallel Lives (also titled Plutarch’s Lives or Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans), and for a collection of his essays and speeches titled Moralia. Interestingly enough, he was also a priest at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.

Now, he is certainly not as famous as or Plato, or Aristotle, but his influence over the modern world is substantial and cannot be ignored.

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