Plutarc

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Ploútarkhos (Πλούταρχος),” composed of two elements: “ploûtos (πλοῦτος)” (wealth, riches) plus “arkhḗ (ᾰ̓ρχή) árkhō (ἄρχω)” (beginning, origin, sovereignty, dominion, authority). In turn, the name means “riches origin, the source of wealth.” Plutarch (Ploútarkhos) then named, on becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is considered today to be a Middle Platonist. Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea about twenty miles east of Delphi in the Greek region known as Boeotia.