Plutarch: - Plutarch (c.
He busied himself with all the little matters of the town and undertook the humblest of duties..
Plutarch held the office of archon in his native municipality, probably only an annual one which he likely served more than once.
Plutarch was also a magistrate at Chaeronea and he represented his home town on various missions to foreign countries during his early adult years.
At his country estate, guests from all over the empire congregated for serious conversation, presided over by Plutarch in his marble chair.
By his writings and lectures Plutarch became a celebrity in the Roman Empire, yet he continued to reside where he was born, and actively participated in local affairs, even serving as mayor.
He probably took part in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
For many years Plutarch served as one of the two priests at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the site of the famous Delphic Oracle, twenty miles from his home.
Plutarch lived most of his life at Chaeronea, and was initiated into the mysteries of the Greek god Apollo.
Plutarch studied mathematics and philosophy at the Academy of Athens under Ammonius.
Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.
AD 46 - c.
Plutarch: - Plutarch (c