Plutarch \'s life spanned the second half of the 1st century AD.
He died in 1989..
He has tranlsated three other of Plutarch\'s works for the Penguin Classics.
Ian Scott-Kilvert was the director of English Literature at the British Council and the editor of Writers and their Works.
He wrote and taught throughout his life.
He travelled, most crucially to Rome, where he lectured and made friends of considerable influence.
He was highly educated in rhetoric and philosophy at Athens but his deep interest in religion led him to Delphi, where he was eventually appointed a priesthood.
Plutarch \'s life spanned the second half of the 1st century AD