Introduction / Edith Hamilton -- Translator's note / Louise Ropes Loomis -- Lives. Lycurgus -- Numa Pompilius -- Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa -- Themistocles -- Camillus -- Pericles -- Fabius Maximus -- Comparison of Pericles and Fabius -- Alcibiades -- Gaius Marcius Coriolanus -- Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus -- Demosthenes -- Cicero -- Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero -- Alexander -- Caesar -- Demetrius -- Antony -- Comparison of Demetrius and Antony -- Cato the Younger -- Essays. Rules for husband and wife -- Letter of consolation to his wife -- Topics for banquets (symposiacs) -- The eating of meat -- Peace of mind -- Exile -- Superstition -- The tardiness of God's punishments -- The passing of the oracles -- Isis and Osiris.