The re-release of the Teubner edition of Moralia, Volume 1 is a most welcome addition to Plutarchan studies. Because this edition is a reprint of the 1993 edition, this review will be limited in scope. Following the standard introductory fare (e.g. manuscript attestation, publication history, etc.), the edition contains the Greek text of the following works: De liberis educandis (1A–14C); De audiendis poetis (14D–37B); De audiendo (37C–48D); De adulatore et amico (48E–74E); De profectibus in virtue (75A–86B); De capienda ex inimicis utilitate (86C–92F); De amicorum multitudine (93A–97B); De fortuna (97C–100A); De virtute et vitio (100B–101D); Consolatio ad Apollonium (101E–122A); De tuenda sanitate praecepta (122B–137E); Coniugalia praecepta (138A–146A); Septem sapientium convivium (146B–164E); De superstitione (146E–171E). Two apparatus accompany the text on each page. The first gives indication of any parallel passages within Plutarch's own works or other authors, including a selective account of modern discussions of the text in question. The second is a useful text-critical apparatus, inclusive of suggested emendations. At many places the outer margins of the edition contain markings (boxes and rectangles) that indicate that the reader should consult the extensive addenda et corrigenda to the edition (pp. 355–408).

An excellent aspect of the presentation of the Greek text is the inclusion of editorial features that mark Plutarch's citations from and allusions to ancient sources. This practice, however, raises the question of how citations and allusions are to be distinguished and, equally important, the extent to which Plutarch's audiences would recognise any putative allusions. Much scholarly attention has been devoted to such questions in recent scholarship and it is hoped that increased definitional clarity will ultimately improve future critical editions.

One citation worth briefly mentioning is found in Mor. 15C. There Plutarch stacks two citations from Homer (Od. 4.230; Il. 14.216–17) bridged only by Plutarch's own, non-dactylic wording τοῖς χρωμένοις ἀναδίδωσιν. While the Teubner edition (and also R. Hunter and D. Russell, Plutarch: How to Study Poetry (De audiendis poetis) [2011]) indicate(s) that Plutarch's text contains two separate Homeric citations, it may be better to consider the two Homeric texts as a single, composite citation generated by Plutarch. Plutarch's addition of the phrase τοῖς χρωμένοις ἀναδίδωσιν likely represents his own attempt to forestall any misinterpretation of Homer's meaning in the new dislocated context.

Plutarchan studies has been well-served by the ongoing efforts of the Teubner editions. The recent re-release of Plutarch's Moralia, Vol. 1, one of many such volumes to be re-released, will continue to make the most serviceable editions of Plutarch's œuvre available to new readers for many years to come.