It is the first to examine in a systematic fashion Plutarch’s Lives from a regime perspective. It is elegant - written with vigor and verve. Its author has a thorough knowledge of the parallel lives ...

"Come back with your shield - or on it" (Plutarch, Mor.241) was supposed to be the parting cry of mothers to their sons. Mothers whose sons died in battle openly rejoiced, mothers whose sons ...

In his second essay On the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander (Moralia 333D-F), Plutarch presents his readers with a problem. Was it Alexander’s good luck that blessed him with such extraordinarily ...

and Plutarch’s Moralia for Greek. He also investigates broader themes, such as the ancient novel, Greco-Roman magic, Platonism, and the manuscript transmission of classical literature. Leonardo has ...