The article examines briefly Plutarch’s representation of the erotic connection that exists, or might exist, between a husband and wife. It looks at one essay from the Moralia, the Amatorius, to uncover Plutarch’s philosophical view of the proper role of eros in a marriage. Then it surveys three examples from the Parallel Lives: Brutus and Porcia; Pericles and Aspasia (whom, I will argue, Plutarch treats as a married couple); and Pompey and his last two wives, Julia and Cornelia.