Abrotonus, 37. Absence, the test of affection, 122. Academy, the, 385.
Achilles, 5, 52, 102, 172, 187, 196, 200, 271, 290, 291, 301, 319. Acropolis, statue of Leæena in the,
221. Admetus, 52. Adonis, 43, 352.
Adultery, the fruit of curiosity, 245. Love of change, 298. Eschines, 17, 188, 285. Eschylus, quoted or referred to, 33, 45, 47, 55, 61, 125, 126, 130, 176, 203, 205, 242, 271, 273, 385, 388, 393, 396. Esculapius, 244, 270.
Æsop, fables of alluded to, 72, 81, 88, 125, 142.
Agamemnon, 292, 300, 301. Agathoclea, 37.
Agathocles, 278, 324, 325, 347. Agave, 144.
Agesilaus, 129, 136, 161, 166, 262, 264, 326.
280, 292, 301, 303, 314, 321, 389, 390, 394.
Ammonius, Plutarch's master, 194. Amœbeus, 102.
Amphictyones, 121, 230. Anacharsis, 125, 219. Anacreon, 33.
Anaxagoras, 136, 306, 373, 394, 397.
Anaxarchus, 107, 113, 253, 292. Anger, how to restrain, 267-288. Animals, appeal to, 21-25. Use of, 202.
Answers, three different kinds of, 234. Anticyra, 284.
Antigonus, 16, 38, 222, 258, 263, 276, 278, 326, 370.
Archidamus, king, 2, 264.
Archilochus, 215, 247, 387. Archytas, of Tarentum, 11, 15, 336. Ares, 44, 45, 47, 49. Argus, 146.
Aristæus (the Saint Hubert of the Middle Ages), 45. Aristides, 120, 136.
Aristippus, 6, 32, 93, 127, 128, 240,
285, 297.
Aristo, 98, 241.
Aristocrates, 322.
Aristogiton, 50, 67, 189, 220. Aristomenes, the hero, 52. Aristomenes, tutor of Ptolemy Epiphanes, 195. Aristonica, 37.
Aristophanes, 15, 27, 43, 93, 195, 241.
Aristotle, 100, 101, 110, 124, 162, 215,270,278, 281, 303, 326, 386. Arisinoe, sister and wife of Ptolemy Philadelphus, 16. Artemis, 367. Asopichus, 52.
Ass-driver, story of Athenian, 282. Athene, ornament of, 366. Athene and the Satyr, 273. Athene Chalciocus, 228. Called Er- gane, 397.
Athenians, oracle given to the, 367. Attis, 43.
Augustus, 189, 224, 225.
Aulis, famous for earthenware, 366.
Brasidas, 120, 126, 331. Briareus, 146, 150, 299.
Brides, custom of in Bœotia, 70, 71. Custom of at Leptis in Libya, 79.
Caeneus, his change of sex, 120. Cæsar, Julius, 210. Callimachus, 272, 385. Callisthenes, 270. Callixenus, 141.
Camma, story about, 63, 64. Carneades, 172, 235, 237, 306,
Cassander, 256, 339, 351.
Cassandra, 347.
Cato, 48, 72, 211, 212, 263, 325, 369. Cebes, 17. Cephisocrates, 181. Cephisodorus, 52.
Ceramicus, at Athens, 219, 259. Cestus of Aphrodite, 76, 219. Charon, son of Plutarch, 87. Charon, and Chæronea, 238. Chæronea, Plutarch's native place, 238.
Chalcis, people of, 51. Chameleon, 158, 162. Character, moral, 102. Childless, paid court to, 28. Chilo, 151, 202.
Chrysippus, 44, 99, 110, 113, 114,
Deity, on those who are punished late by the, 331-365. Demaratus, 193.
Demetrius, 8, 191, 230. Democritus, 14, 110, 129, 142, 249, 377.
Demosthenes, 9, 128, 192, 205, 257, 259, 320, 321, 323, 331, 399. Diogenes, 2, 7, 93, 118, 123, 124,
127, 131, 140, 141, 193, 201, 203, 205, 248, 258, 259, 282, 292, 294, 301, 311, 383, 388, 389, 390, 391.
Dion, 11, 151, 161, 162, 192, 256. Dionysius, the tyrant of Sicily,
76, 151, 160, 161, 162, 163, 168, 187, 188, 189, 226, 230, 261, 294, 321, 339.
Dionysius, a Corinthian poet, 51. Dionysus (the Latin Bacchus), 45, 47, 91, 145, 393.
Disease, the sacred, 41, note. Disorders, of mind or body, which worse? 142, 145. Dolon, 113, 120. Domitian, 251.
Domitius, 207, 211. Dorian measure, 134. Drink, 2, 216, 217, 284. Dryads, 45.
Egyptian, answer of an, 240. Emerson, on Plutarch, see Title- page, and Preface, p. ix. Empedocles, 43, 145, 149, 180, 288, 305, 371, 393, 396. Empone, her devotion to her hus- band, 67-69.
Enemies, how a man may be bene- fited by his, 201-213. Enthusiasm, 47.
Envy, 212, 213, 243, 304. On envy and hatred, 312-315. How one can praise oneself without exciting envy, 315-331. Epaminondas, 11, 52, 136, 161, 294, 318, 321, 326, 376. Ephesus, 367.
Epicharmus, 188, 189, 350. Epicureans, argued against, 21- 28, 373-378.
Epicurus, 24, 291, 306, 373, 375. Epitaphs, 247, 248. Erasistratus, 25, 244.
Ergane, name of Athene, 397. Eumenes, 222.
Euphemism, 112, 143, 144, 167. Euphorion, 303. Eupolis, 163.
Euripides, quoted or referred to, 1,
8, 9, 14, 17, 27, 28, 40, 42, 43, 44, 50, 53, 56, 58, 60, 67, 79, 80, 86, 89, 107, 112, 119, 136, 138, 144, 146, 150, 151, 152, 155, 160, 170, 178, 179, 182, 190, 191, 194, 196, 197, 199, 205, 206, 207, 209, 214, 216, 222, 223, 236, 247, 251, 255, 256, 260, 261, 262, 270, 287, 290,
292, 293, 301, 305, 307, 309, 310, 315, 325, 332, 333, 334, 345, 346, 373, 379, 383, 388, 390, 391, 392, 397.
Eurydice of Hierapolis, 21. Eurydice, wife of Orpheus, 53. Euthydemus, 283.
Eutropio, cook to King Antigonus,
Evenus, sayings of, 27, 155. Exercise, value of, 12.
Fabius Maximus, 224, 225. Fabricius, 294.
Family, defects and idiosyncrasies of, 356, 357.
Fancy, power of, 307.
Fathers, not to be too strict, 20. To set a good example to their sons, 20, 21. The jus trium liberorum, 22. Saying of Evenus about fathers, 27.
Favour, the, 33, 34. Reminding of favours unpleasant, 181. Feast, every day a, 311. Fickleness, 146.
Flatterers, 19. Saying of Phocion about, 77, 182. How to be dis- cerned from friends, 153-201. Flute-girls at marriages, 40. Fortune, not to be railed at, 89-91. Fortune's rope-dance, 139. For- tune and vice, 140, 141. On Fortune, 394-399.
Freedom of speech, 185-201. Friends, on abundance of, 145-153.
Friendship going in pairs, 146, 147. Originated by similarity, 152, 158, 159. How friends are to be distinguished from flat- terers, 153-201.
Galba, story about, 49. Geese, ingenuity of, 229. Germanicus, idiosyncrasy of, 312. Glaucus, son of Epicydes, 353. Gobryas, 157.
Gods considered as forces, 44, 302. Perform their benefits secretly,
Hannibal, remark of, 391. Happiness, the mind the seat of, 95. Hares, 368.
Harmodius, 67, 189, 220. Hatred, and envy, 312-315.
Hegesias, 28.
Helicon, Mount, 29, 30. Helots, 272.
Hemlock, how affected by wine,228. Heraclea, 343.
Heraclitus, 41, 93, 231, 276, 350, 387, 396.
Hercules, 39, 52, 299, 321, 347, 348, 352.
Heredity, 1, 2, 351, 355.
Hermes, his functions, 46. Pro- verbial saying about, 215. Herodotus, 72, 94, 141, 157, 171, 192, 299, 367, 388, 393. Herophilus, 244.
Herrick, and Plutarch, see Preface, viii, 288, note.
Hesiod, quoted or alluded to, 14, 36, 44, 96, 121, 123, 155, 180, 212, 256, 261, 290, 304, 341, 355, 398, 399. Hiero, 209, 338.
Hieronymus, 271, 281. Hipparchus, dream of, 343. Hippocrates, 132, 237, 238. Hippothorus, a tune, 70.
Homer, alluded to or quoted, 16, 23, 24, 26, 33, 44, 45, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56, 61, 65, 66, 71, 75, 76, 80, 83, 91, 95, 101, 102, 108, 110, 113, 117, 118, 122, 127, 128, 130, 132, 138, 139, 142, 147, 149, 160, 161, 165, 170, 172, 176, 179, 187, 192, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 204, 209, 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 226, 227, 235, 239, 246,
Gorgo, wife of Leonidas, 84. Gracchus, 273.
avoided, 86, 87, 88. Unexpected grief worst, 113, 306. Gylippus, 15.
Habit, force of, 3, 4, 337.
309, 313, 318, 319, 322, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329, 340, 341, 347, 352, 368, 369, 372, 378, 385, 386, 387, 398, 397. Hyperides, 187.
Hypsipyle, her foster-child, 146.
Ibycus, story about, 228. Idæan Dactyli, 136.
Ignorance of self, 143.
Imagination, power of, 101, 102. Indian wives, 140. Indian sages, 140, 141.
Infants, death of, 92.
Iolaus, nephew of Hercules, 39, 52. Iphicrates, answer of, 94, 398.
Knowledge of self, 154, 185, 207, 302.
Labour, its power, 3.
Lacydes, friend of Arcesilaus, 181. Lacydes, king of the Argives, 208. Lais, famous courtesan, 32, 49, 63.
Law, martial, 211.
Leæna, her heroism, 220, 221. Lemnos, the woinen of, 41. Leo of Byzantium, saying of, 206. Life, the three kinds of, 11. Like a game at dice, 293. Chequered, 305. "Live unknown," whether a wise precept, 373-378. Litigation, evil effects of, 145. Livia, wife of Augustus, 225. Liver, the seat of desire, 115. Locrians, custom of the, 347. Locris, authorities of, 245. Love, to one's offspring, 21-28. On love generally, 29-69. God of Love, his festival at Thespiæ, 29, 63. Pandemian and Celestial love, 57. No strong love without jealousy, 135. Lovers admire even the defects of their loves, 136, 167, 168, 209, 213. Love blind, 153.
Loxias, name of Apollo, meaning of, 231.
Lyciscus, 332, 333. Lycurgus, 3, 136, 230, 320. Lydiades, 238.
Lydian measure, 134. Lydian pro- duce, 145.
Lynceus, 203.
Lysander, 76, 262. Lysias, 218.
Lysimachus, king, 225, 241, 344, 390, 391.
Magas, 113, 276, 277. Man, his wretchedness, 26, 142. Different views of men, 114. Man's various idiosyncrasies and fortunes, 149.
Marriage, 20,31-39, 63-69. Hesiod on the proper age for marriage, 36. No Meum and Tuum to exist in marriage, 62, 74, 75. Mutual respect a vital necessity in marriage, 62. Conjugal Pre- cepts, 70-84. Marsyas, 273.
Means, various kinds of, 104, 105. Measures, Dorian and Lydian, 134. Median war, 367.
Medius, 184, 303. Megabyzus, 171, 302.
Megara, wife of Hercules, 39. Megarians, their sacrifice to Posei- don, 133. Melanippus, 50.
Melanthius, 81, 336.
Meleager, 52.
Meletus, 120, 141.
Memory, the storehouse of learn- ing, 14.
Menander, 55, 96, 114, 115, 146, 150, 164,173, 179, 257, 291, 305, 307, 310, 330.
Menedemus, 98, 130, 165, 303. Metageitnion, 382.
Metella, wife of Sulla, 219. Metellus, 222, 277, 320. Metrocles, 140, 295. Metrodorus, saying of, 77. Mice, dislike to, 312. Miltiades, the son of Cimon, 27, 135, 338.
Mirrors of the ancients, 59, note. Comparison of wives to mirrors, 73. Proper use of the mirror, 76. Comparison of the flatterer to a mirror, 161. Mithridates, 170, 219. Money, against borrowing, 365- 373.
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