Plutarch: Selected Political Writings

Liz Sawyer was an Associate Researcher at the University of Oxford between 2014–2021. Her publications range from the impact of educational movements on public discourse, to caring military leadership in the ancient world. Sawyer co-edited Brill's Companion to the Legacy of Greek Political Thought (2024). She is now a Member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Rebecca Kingston is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her research explores classical reception, French political thought, the political theory of the emotions and the history of feminist political thought. Previous publications include Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in England and France 1500-1800 (Cambridge, 2022).

• Introductory essay for Plutarch: selected political writings; Select bibliography; Translator's note; Life of Lycurgus; Life of Phocion; Life of Antony; On women's courage; Beasts are rational; Advice on the conduct of politics; How to profit from enemies; To an uneducated ruler; Whether an old man should be involved in politics; How to tell a flatterer from a friend; The philosopher's overriding obligation to talk with men in power.