The Athenian politician who was nicknamed 'the just', and the Roman consul and critic who confronted corruption and contributed to the preservation of Roman morals. The biographer and philosopher Plutarch (circa 50-120 A.D.) was born in Chaeronea of Boeotia.

Through his travels, he broadened his intellectual horizons and came into contact with prominent figures of his time, mainly distinguished Romans. He spent most of his life in his homeland and held various public priestly offices.

His surviving works are divided into historical-biographical texts and the so-called 'Ethical' writings. In the 'Parallel Lives', prominent Greeks and Romans are compared, and the worlds that each represents are indirectly contrasted.

In the 'Ethical' writings, issues of morality, philosophy, science, politics, literary criticism, as well as topics from religion, nature, history, etc. are developed, sometimes in the form of dialogues and other times as treatises or dissertations.

Erudite and possessing a keen intellect, the author expressed traditional Greek values with simplicity and an optimistic outlook. His works entertain and teach, while being a significant source for the literature of the classical and Hellenistic periods.

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