intro
This is one of the eighteen works of the received Corpus of Plutarch that do not appear in the Lamprias Catalogue. Such a fact is not, however, to be adduced against its genuineness, since the Symposiacs themselves are not to be found there.It is important to observe that H. Fuchs, Der geistige Widerstand gegen Rom, p. 49, n. 60, athetizes this work. A further discussion by this great critic would be warmly welcomed, especially since Wilamowitz recognized here also den unverkennbaren Stempel der plutarchischen Art.
