Who was Plutarch (AD 46–after AD 119) depicted in the picture?

Plutarch (AD 46–after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his "Parallel Lives", a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and "Moralia", a collection of essays and speeches.

Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was wealthy. He studied mathematics and philosophy in Athens.

Plutarch was a vegetarian and wrote about the ethics of meat-eating in two discourses in "Moralia".