INTRODUCTION
These five short stories are interesting to the modern reader chiefly as examples of the kind of tale which appealed to the readers of Plutarch’s time; for they were probably written during his lifetime, though not by him. In style and content they differ greatly from his genuine works. The elements of passion and of sentimental love are made to appear important in them rather on account of their dire consequences than for their own sake.
Amatoriae Narrationes. Plutarch. Harold North Fowler (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1936.
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