Plutarch (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)
Life
Born during the reign of the Roman emperor Claudius, Plutarch (PLEW-tahrk) was studying philosophy at Plato’s Academy in Athens when the emperor Nero toured Greece in 67 c.e. After completing his studies in Athens, Plutarch returned to Chaeronea, where he founded a philosophical academy of his own and continued to reside until his death during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. He traveled widely, however, at least twice to Italy.
An extraordinarily prolific writer, Plutarch consistently adopted a moral perspective. His surviving essays, dialogues, declamations,...
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