Joaquim Pinheiro is Full Professor at the University of Madeira. Laurens van der Wiel is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw.

• Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction Joaquim Pinheiro and Laurens van der WielPlutarch’s Lycurgus: A Classical and Contemporary Model for the Politikos in the High Empire Carmine Nastri The Mythical Politikos as a Role Model: Plutarch’s Lycurgus Iris Sulimani Romulus vs. Numa: The Development of the Politikos in Roman Monarchy According to Plutarch Serena Emilia Di Salvatore Doing What the Situation Requires: Insights from Solon, Themistocles, Cato Minor, and CaesarSusan Jacobs Pericles’ Political Theatre in the Construction of Democracy Renan Liparotti Phocion’s Rhetoric as a Key for the Political Use of History in Praecepta gerendae reipublicae Maria Serena Chiodo The Statesman and the Love of Wealth: Exploring the Moralia and the Lives Alessandro Fino Φυσικόν and πολιτικόν: Themistocles and Alcibiades from a Plutarchan Perspective Giulia Tardio Was Antony Controlled By Women? Plutarch’s Perspective Borja Méndez Santiago The Statesman as Doctor: The Use of Medical Metaphors in Plutarch’s Lives Francesca Gaudiano Bibliography Notes on Contributors General Index

Joaquim Pinheiro is Full Professor at the University of Madeira. Laurens van der Wiel is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw.

• Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction Joaquim Pinheiro and Laurens van der WielPlutarch’s Lycurgus: A Classical and Contemporary Model for the Politikos in the High Empire Carmine Nastri The Mythical Politikos as a Role Model: Plutarch’s Lycurgus Iris Sulimani Romulus vs. Numa: The Development of the Politikos in Roman Monarchy According to Plutarch Serena Emilia Di Salvatore Doing What the Situation Requires: Insights from Solon, Themistocles, Cato Minor, and CaesarSusan Jacobs Pericles’ Political Theatre in the Construction of Democracy Renan Liparotti Phocion’s Rhetoric as a Key for the Political Use of History in Praecepta gerendae reipublicae Maria Serena Chiodo The Statesman and the Love of Wealth: Exploring the Moralia and the Lives Alessandro Fino Φυσικόν and πολιτικόν: Themistocles and Alcibiades from a Plutarchan Perspective Giulia Tardio Was Antony Controlled By Women? Plutarch’s Perspective Borja Méndez Santiago The Statesman as Doctor: The Use of Medical Metaphors in Plutarch’s Lives Francesca Gaudiano Bibliography Notes on Contributors General Index

Joaquim Pinheiro is Full Professor at the University of Madeira. Laurens van der Wiel is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw.

• Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction Joaquim Pinheiro and Laurens van der WielPlutarch’s Lycurgus: A Classical and Contemporary Model for the Politikos in the High Empire Carmine Nastri The Mythical Politikos as a Role Model: Plutarch’s Lycurgus Iris Sulimani Romulus vs. Numa: The Development of the Politikos in Roman Monarchy According to Plutarch Serena Emilia Di Salvatore Doing What the Situation Requires: Insights from Solon, Themistocles, Cato Minor, and CaesarSusan Jacobs Pericles’ Political Theatre in the Construction of Democracy Renan Liparotti Phocion’s Rhetoric as a Key for the Political Use of History in Praecepta gerendae reipublicae Maria Serena Chiodo The Statesman and the Love of Wealth: Exploring the Moralia and the Lives Alessandro Fino Φυσικόν and πολιτικόν: Themistocles and Alcibiades from a Plutarchan Perspective Giulia Tardio Was Antony Controlled By Women? Plutarch’s Perspective Borja Méndez Santiago The Statesman as Doctor: The Use of Medical Metaphors in Plutarch’s Lives Francesca Gaudiano Bibliography Notes on Contributors General Index