Ancient Greek Historian Plutarch Was Among the First Vegetarians

Ancient Greek Historian Plutarch Was Among the First Vegetarians

A bust of Plutarch. Credit: Odysses/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The ancient Greek historian Plutarch, who was also a philosopher and a high priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, could be considered the first outspoken vegetarian in the West, as he believed that it is “immoral” to eat animal flesh. In his book Morals, Plutarch has a chapter on meat eating in which he writes that since man has access to so many fresh fruits, vegetables, and…