Selected Lives and Essays of Plutarch

Selected Lives and Essays of Plutarch

from the Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

by Plutarch, Louise Ropes Loomis (Translator), Edith Hamilton (Introduction)
©1951, Item: 86148
Hardcover, 437 pages
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Contents:

VOLUME ONE

INTRODUCTION Edith Hamilton

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE Louise Ropes Loomis

LIVES:

Lycurgus
Numa Pompilius
Comparison of Lycurgus & Numa
Themostocles
Camillus
Pericles
Fabius Maximus
Comparison of Pericles & Fabius
Alcibiades
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
Comparison of Alcibiades & Coriolanus 
Demosthenes
Cicero
Comparison of Demosthenes & Cicero

VOLUME TWO

LIVES, continued:

Alexander
Caesar
Demetrius
Antony
Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
Cato the Younger

ESSAYS:

Rules for Husband and Wife
Letter of Consolation to His Wife
Topics for Banquets (Symposium)
The Eating of Meat
Peace of Mind
Exile
Superstition
The Tardiness of God's Punishments
The Passing of the Oracles
Isis and Osiris

GLOSSARY

MAPS

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