This narration is reminiscent of Plutarch's own works in its vivid description of events and its awareness of the greater context, the "salvation of the city." His grandfather Lamprias was a colorful character in his own right, whom Plutarch describes in the
Moralia as being "his most ingenious and eloquent self when drinking, and it was his habit to say that, much as incense is volatilized by heat, so was he by wine." Similar was his father, Autobulus, a frequent participant in the "Table Talk" dialogues of the
Moralia whom Plutarch described as "a skillful man indeed at finding an argument."
Plutarch was fond of and kind to his wife, Timoxena, emphasizing his pride in her in his "Consolation to My Wife" after the death of their young daughter.
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