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Plutarch
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<p>Plutarch was a Greek <a href="/facts/Middle_Platonist/krMKJCYN">Middle Platonist</a> philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the <a href="/facts/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)/kmf9G00q">Temple of Apollo</a> in <a href="/facts/Delphi/IsyNrtAj">Delphi</a>. He is known primarily for his <i><a href="/facts/Parallel_Lives/aThkAok5">Parallel Lives</a></i>, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and <i><a href="/facts/Moralia/DDBlWbS1">Moralia</a></i>, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a <a href="/facts/Roman_citizen/ag80U8GM">Roman citizen</a>, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος). </p>