When were Plutarch’s works introduced to Italy during the Renaissance?

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Plutarch’s works were introduced to Italy by Byzantine scholars during the 15th-century revival of classical learning. By the early 16th century, Italian humanists had already translated his writings into Latin and Italian.1

The publication of his works in their original Greek followed shortly thereafter, with the Moralia appearing in Venice via the Aldine Press in 1509, followed by the first original Greek text of the Parallel Lives in Florence in 1517.1