†Professor John Moles was Chair of Latin at Newcastle University, and was previously awarded a Personal Chair in the Department of Classics at the University of Durham. He was founder and editor of the pioneering open access online journal Histos.

“It is unusually good at providing material at all levels: an excellent introduction to Plutarch for beginners, it is also much more quoted than most other volumes in the series because of its contributions to scholarship (his discussion of the concept of ‘truth’ is especially noteworthy).”Histos

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Using this book2. The Pleasures and Virtues of Plutarch 3. The Cicero: Structure and Theme 4. Word Patterns 5. Translation 6. Complexity and Intent 7. The Demosthenes-Cicero Pairing8. The Sources of the Cicero9. The Cicero: Biography, History, Literature and Truth10. The Historical Value of the Cicero11. The TextText and TranslationThe Commentary AbbreviationsIndex

†Professor John Moles was Chair of Latin at Newcastle University, and was previously awarded a Personal Chair in the Department of Classics at the University of Durham. He was founder and editor of the pioneering open access online journal Histos.

“It is unusually good at providing material at all levels: an excellent introduction to Plutarch for beginners, it is also much more quoted than most other volumes in the series because of its contributions to scholarship (his discussion of the concept of ‘truth’ is especially noteworthy).”Histos

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Using this book2. The Pleasures and Virtues of Plutarch 3. The Cicero: Structure and Theme 4. Word Patterns 5. Translation 6. Complexity and Intent 7. The Demosthenes-Cicero Pairing8. The Sources of the Cicero9. The Cicero: Biography, History, Literature and Truth10. The Historical Value of the Cicero11. The TextText and TranslationThe Commentary AbbreviationsIndex