Romantic: A dialogue on the subject of love. The divine nature of love. The feminine virtues. The victory of love in philosophy and life.

Romantic Tales: Five short stories centered around love.

The biographer and philosopher Plutarch (c. 50-120 AD) was born in Chaeronea, Boeotia. Through his travels, he broadened his intellectual horizons and came into contact with prominent personalities of the time, mainly distinguished Romans. He spent most of his life in his homeland and held public priestly offices.

His surviving works are distinguished into historical-biographical sections and the so-called 'Ethics' writings. In the 'Parallel Lives,' prominent Greeks and Romans are compared, implicitly contrasting the worlds each represents.

In the 'Ethics,' issues of morality, philosophy, science, politics, philological criticism, as well as topics from religion, nature, history, etc., are developed, sometimes in the form of dialogues and sometimes as dissertations or treatises.

Erudite and with a refined spirit, the author expressed traditional Greek values with simplicity and an optimistic outlook. His work delights and instructs, serving as a significant source of literature from the classical and Alexandrian periods.

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