His family was long established in the town his father was named Autobulus and his grandfather was named Lamprias. Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος). He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. AD 46 – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Plutarch ( / ˈ p l uː t ɑːr k/ Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos Koine Greek: c.
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