Greek historian, essayist, biographer, philosopher, and priest, living from roughly 46-119 C.E. Plutarch's works heavily influenced the development of the biography, the essay, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries. He is best known for his Parallel Lives, a set of biographies of eminent Greeks and Romans, as well as his Moralia, a collection of essays on ethical, political, religious, physical, and literary subjects.