Selected Essays of Plutarch, Vol. II.
SELECTED ESSAYS OF PLUTARCH
VOL. II
TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION
BY
A. O. PRICKARD
‘But the Author in whom he delighted most was Plutarch, of
whose works he was lucky enough to possess the worthier half;
if the other had perished Plutarch would not have been a popular
writer, but he would have held a higher place in the estimation of
the judicious.’—Southey, The Doctor , chapter vi, p. 1.
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
Plutarch
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Selected Essays of Plutarch
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ON THE GENIUS OF SOCRATES
INTRODUCTION
A DIALOGUE HELD AT ATHENS
SPEAKERS
THREE PYTHIAN DIALOGUES
INTRODUCTION
ON THE ‘E’ AT DELPHI
A. Introductory
B. Philinus narrates a Conversation between
WHY THE PYTHIA DOES NOT NOW GIVE ORACLES IN VERSE
ON THE CESSATION OF THE ORACLES
INTRODUCTION
ON THE INSTANCES OF DELAY IN DIVINE PUNISHMENT
ON SUPERSTITION
INTRODUCTION
ON SUPERSTITION
Of Superstition
INTRODUCTION
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE
ANALYSIS
NOTES
Supplemental Notes 1918
NOTE ON THE MYTHS IN PLUTARCH
NOTE ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS AND THE FIVE REGULAR SOLIDS
