Plutarch's Morals (Volume 5)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1874. Excerpt: ... A Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, a proverb among the Greeks, iv. 2:2..). Abstain from beans, meaning of the aphorism, i. 29. Achelous, a river in Aetolia, v. 504. Acrotatus, apothegm of, i. 400. Actaeon, a beautiful youth of Corinth, murdered, iv. 313-315. Ada, queen of Caria, sends delicacies to Alexander, i. l09. Adimantus, admiral of the Corinthian fleet at the Iwittle of Salamis; his courage vindicated, iv. 361. Adrastus, anecdote of, i. 288. Advice to a new-married couple, ii. 486- 507. Aeacus, his two sons, v. 466. Aemilius Censorinus, v. 475. Aemilius of Sybaris, v. 464. Aemilius Paulus, sayings of, i. 232; iv. 201. Aeolus King of Ktruria, v. 467. Aeschines, quoted, Prom. i. 40; anecdote of, 55; Kumen. 5'J; Frag. 163; Prom. 200; Ctesiphon, 334; his early life, and concern in public affairs, v. 34; incurs the hostility of Demosthenes, i'6.; ac- cused by Demosthenes and acquitted, 34, 35; impeaches Ctesiphon, is fined and exiled, 35; his school at Rhodes, ib.; his death, ib.; his orations, ib.; his public employments, 36. Aeschylus, quoted, Septem, i. 210, 286; 315, 32J, 493; quoted, ii. 47; anecdote of, 77, 160; Frag. 48, 83, 127, 165, 374, 413. 458, 463, 474, 477; quoted, iii. Frag. 24, 222; quoted, iv. 20, 54, 385; Frag. 276, 270; quoted, v. Frag. 170 Prom. 241, 320, 308. Aesop murdered by the citizens of Delphi, iv. 160; their punishment, 161. See Esop. Agamedes and Trophonius built the tem- ple at Delphi, i. 313. Agasicles, apothegms of, i. 385. Agatharcides the Samian, his Persian His- tory, v. 451. Agatho the Samian, v. 474. Agathocles, anecdote of, i. 46; ii. 317. Aged Men, shall they meddle in State Affairs? v. 64-06. Agesianax, quoted, v. 235, 236. Agesilaus, reply of, i. 73, 210,220; his sayings and great actions, 385-307; his upright character, ii. ...