Plutarch
Also known as: Plutarchos · Ploutarchos · Plutarch of Chaeronea · Plutarchus · Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
Plutarch was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
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Biographical chronicler
Plutarch's 'Life of Alexander' offers significant anecdotal details about the battle, including the psychological state of the commanders before the engagement.
primary biographer of the horse's taming
The historian Plutarch provides the most famous account of the young Alexander taming the wild horse by turning it toward the sun to hide its shadow.