Plutarch

Plutarch (c. 46-120 CE) was born in Chaeronea, a small town in Boeotia, Greece, and remained rooted there throughout his life despite extensive travels and connections to the wider Roman world. He studied philosophy at the Academy in Athens under Ammonius and later visited Rome, where he lectured and developed friendships among the Roman elite. He served as a priest at the Oracle of Delphi for the last thirty years of his life, and held various civic offices in his hometown, believing that even modest public service was a moral duty. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Parallel Lives.