Historian - Plutarch (Biographer)

Plutarch

Plutarch is known for his biographies of famous Greeks and Romans.

Plutarch Picture

Picture of Plutarch. A 16th century engraving of Plutarch.

Bibliography on Plutarch

General resources on bibliographies for the Classics, editions of English translations of Plutarch's Lives, and other studies of Plutarch.

Plutarch: His Life and Legacy

An essay discussing Plutarch's life, his impulse to write, and the decline in his popularity in the twentieth century due to the opposing battle cry of "diversity," and the siren call of Nintendo.