Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 5)Front matterReading editionChapter navigation26 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterComprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume OneEDITOR’S PREFACE.INTRODUCTION.CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. WITH THE TRANSLATORS’ NAMES.A DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.CONCERNING THE CURE OF ANGER. A DIALOGUE. SYLLA, FUNDANUS.OF BASHFULNESS.THAT VIRTUE MAY BE TAUGHT.THE ACCOUNT OF THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS.46CONCERNING MUSIC.51 ONESICRATES, SOTERICHUS, LYSIAS.OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. PLUTARCH WISHETH ALL HEALTH TO HIS PACCIUS.OF SUPERSTITION OR INDISCREET DEVOTION.THE APOPHTHEGMS OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF KINGS AND GREAT COMMANDERS.THE APOPHTHEGMS OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF KINGS AND GREAT COMMANDERS. (continued 2)PLUTARCH’S RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. A DIALOGUE. MOSCHIO, ZEUXIPPUS.HOW A MAN MAY RECEIVE ADVANTAGE AND PROFIT FROM HIS ENEMIES.CONSOLATION TO APOLLONIUS.CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF WOMEN.LACONIC APOPHTHEGMS; OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF THE SPARTANS.LACONIC APOPHTHEGMS; OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF THE SPARTANS. (continued 2)OF HEARING.OF LARGE ACQUAINTANCE; OR, AN ESSAY TO PROVE THE FOLLY OF SEEKING MANY FRIENDS.THE FIRST ORATION OF PLUTARCH CONCERNING THE FORTUNE OR VIRTUE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.THE SECOND ORATION OF PLUTARCH CONCERNING THE FORTUNE OR VIRTUE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.INDEX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Comprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume OneAll chapters and sections (26)Opening pagesFront matterSections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsEDITOR’S PREFACE.INTRODUCTION.Volume 1 · Sections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsA DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.CONCERNING THE CURE OF ANGER. A DIALOGUE. SYLLA, FUNDANUS.OF BASHFULNESS.THAT VIRTUE MAY BE TAUGHT.THE ACCOUNT OF THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS.46CONCERNING MUSIC.51 ONESICRATES, SOTERICHUS, LYSIAS.OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. PLUTARCH WISHETH ALL HEALTH TO HIS PACCIUS.OF SUPERSTITION OR INDISCREET DEVOTION.THE APOPHTHEGMS OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF KINGS AND GREAT COMMANDERS.THE APOPHTHEGMS OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF KINGS AND GREAT COMMANDERS. (continued 2)PLUTARCH’S RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. A DIALOGUE. MOSCHIO, ZEUXIPPUS.HOW A MAN MAY RECEIVE ADVANTAGE AND PROFIT FROM HIS ENEMIES.CONSOLATION TO APOLLONIUS.CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF WOMEN.LACONIC APOPHTHEGMS; OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF THE SPARTANS.LACONIC APOPHTHEGMS; OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF THE SPARTANS. (continued 2)OF HEARING.OF LARGE ACQUAINTANCE; OR, AN ESSAY TO PROVE THE FOLLY OF SEEKING MANY FRIENDS.THE FIRST ORATION OF PLUTARCH CONCERNING THE FORTUNE OR VIRTUE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.THE SECOND ORATION OF PLUTARCH CONCERNING THE FORTUNE OR VIRTUE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.INDEX.Pandora’s Box.◇From the painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.◇Comprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume One →