Volume I. The Parallel Lives
Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola

Most popular of Plutarch's writings have always been the 46 Parallel Lives, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman). The irresistably humane Lives give not merely a record of careers and illustrious deeds but rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military leaders. For, Plutarch says: "It is not Histories I am writing, but Lives"; the virtues (or vices) and character of his subjects is what he seeks "and by means of these to portray the life of each."

Series No. 46 / 604 pages / ISBN 0-674-99052-8

  Volume II. The Parallel Lives
Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus

Series No. 47 / 642 pages / ISBN 0-674-99053-6
  Volume III. The Parallel Lives
Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Nicias and Crassus

Series No. 65 / 456 pages / ISBN 0-674-99072-2
  Volume IV. The Parallel Lives
Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla

Series No. 80 / 478 pages / ISBN 0-674-99089-7
  Volume V. The Parallel Lives
Agesilaus and Pompey. Pelopidas and Marcellus

Series No. 87 / 554 pages / ISBN 0-674-99097-8
  Volume VI. The Parallel Lives
Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus

Series No. 98 / 488 pages / ISBN 0-674-99109-5
  Volume VII. The Parallel Lives
Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar

Series No. 99 / 634 pages / ISBN 0-674-99110-9
  Volume VIII. The Parallel Lives
Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the Younger

Series No. 100 / 434 pages / ISBN 0-674-99111-7
  Volume IX. The Parallel Lives
Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius

Series No. 101 / 630 pages / ISBN 0-674-99112-5
  Volume X. The Parallel Lives
Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus.

Series No. 102 / 410 pages / ISBN 0-674-99113-3
  Volume XI. The Parallel Lives
Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General Index.

Series No. 103 / 502 pages / ISBN 0-674-99114-1
  Volume I. Moralia
The Education of Children. How the Young Man Should Study Poetry. On Listening to Lectures. How to Tell a Flatterer form a Friend. How a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in Virtue

This miscellany of essays makes Plutarch the Montaigne or Hazlitt of antiquity. He is best known for his Lives, a series of parallel biographies of heroic exemplification describing the great men of Greece and Rome. But the Moralia are as rich, and even more diverse, containing much to instruct and entertain. Written in Greek during the course of Plutarch's life--he flourished about 100 A.D.--they had an enormous influence on western culture until a century or two ago. Some are classics in every sense of the word...This is agreeable and civilised stuff, refreshingly contemporaneous despite having been matured for two thousand years in the casks of literature.

Series No. 197 / 506 pages / ISBN 0-674-99217-2
  Volume II. Moralia
How to Profit by One's Enemies. On Having Many Friends. Chance. Virtue and Vice. Letter of Condolence to Apollonius. Advice About Keeping Well. Advice to Bride and Groom. The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Superstition

Series No. 222 / 522 pages / ISBN 0-674-99245-8
  Volume III. Moralia
Sayings of Kings and Commanders. Sayings of Romans. Sayings of Spartans. The Ancient Customs of the Spartans. Sayings of Spartan Women. Bravery of Women

Plutarch was an admirer of traditional Spartan virtues; this is reflected in Volume III of the Moralia, which includes the essay "Ancient Customs of the Spartans" and "Sayings of Spartans" as well as "Sayings of Spartan Women." The last records statements about the role of women as mothers and expressions of Spartan values--these are women reproducing the values of their culture. Among the other three essays here is "Bravery of Women," a selection of anecdotes recounting the actions of brave women; Plutarch calls it a supplement to a conversation on the equality of the sexes. Plutarch's fluent and genial style make his Moralia a pleasure to read.

Series No. 245 / 612 pages / ISBN 0-674-99270-9
  Volume IV. Moralia
Roman Questions. Greek Questions. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories. On the Fortune of the Romans. On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander. Were the Athenians More Famous in War or in Wisdom?

Series No. 305 / 566 pages / ISBN 0-674-99336-5
  Volume V. Moralia
Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse. The Obsolescence of Oracles

Volume Five of Plutarch's Moralia collects four essays concerning religious matters. "Isis and Osiris" reports on Egyptian religious beliefsÑ-and then goes on to discuss proper approaches to the subject of religion. In two essays Plutarch, who was a priest at Delphi, explores questions about that oracle's site and the customs there. The fourth looks at oracles in general, and is of particular interest as an effort to reconcile science and religion.

Series No. 306 / 528 pages / ISBN 0-674-99337-3
  Volume VI. Moralia
Can Virtue Be Taught? On Moral Virtue. On the Control of Anger. On Tranquility of Mind. On Brotherly Love. On Affection for Offspring. Whether Vice Be Sufficient to Cause Unhappiness. Whether the Affections of the Soul are Worse Than Those of the Body. Concerning Talkativeness. On Being a Busybody

Series No. 337 / 540 pages / ISBN 0-674-99371-3
  Volume VII. Moralia
On Love of Wealth. On Compliancy. On Envy and Hate. On Praising Oneself Inoffensively. On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance. On Fate. On the Sign of Socrates. On Exile. Consolation to His Wife

Series No. 405 / 634 pages / ISBN 0-674-99446-9
  Volume VIII. Moralia
Table-talk, Books 1-6

Plutarch's Symposium or Table-Talk is a collection of dialogues purporting to reproduce the after-dinner conversation of Plutarch and his friends on a number of occasions in different cities. Discussions--at times very lively--cover a wide range of philosophical and scientific questions as well as historical subjects. Some deal with the form and pleasures of the dinner party itself. Plutarch's abiding interest in the ethical implications of customs and ideas is evident throughout.

Series No. 424 / 540 pages / ISBN 0-674-99466-3
  Volume IX. Moralia
Table-Talk, Books 7-9. Dialogue on Love

Series No. 425 / 466 pages / ISBN 0-674-99467-1
  Volume X. Moralia
Love Stories. That a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially With Men in Power. To an Uneducated Ruler. Whether an Old Man Should Engage in Public Affairs. Precepts of Statecraft. On Monarchy, Democracy, and Oligarchy. That We Ought Not to Borrow. Lives of the Ten Orators. Summary of a Comparison Between Aristophanes and Menander

Series No. 321 / 504 pages / ISBN 0-674-99354-3
  Volume XI. Moralia
On the Malice of Herodotus. Causes of Natural Phenomena

Series No. 426 / 254 pages / ISBN 0-674-99469-8
  Volume XII. Moralia
Concerning the Face Which Appears in the Orb of the Moon. On the Principle of Cold. Whether Fire or Water Is More Useful. Whether Land or Sea Animals Are Cleverer. Beasts Are Rational. On the Eating of Flesh

Series No. 406 / 602 pages / ISBN 0-674-99447-7
  Volume XIII, Part 1. Moralia
Platonic Essays

Series No. 427 / 392 pages / ISBN 0-674-99470-1
  Volume XIII, Part 2. Moralia
Stoic Essays

Series No. 470 / 525 pages / ISBN 0-674-99517-1
  Volume XIV. Moralia
That Epicurus Actually Makes a Pleasant Life Impossible. Reply to Colotes in Defence of the Other Philosophers. Is "Live Unknown" a Wise Precept? On Music

Series No. 428 / 484 pages / ISBN 0-674-99472-8
  Volume XV. Moralia
Fragments

Series No. 429 / 434 pages / ISBN 0-674-99473-6