Selected Essays of Plutarch, Vol. II.

by Plutarch

THE SPEAKERS

Lamprias, Plutarch’s brother.

Cleombrotus, of Lacedaemon, a scientific traveller, and a theologian, who had been up the Red Sea, and, lately, to Ammon.

Didymus, a Cynic philosopher.

Philippus, an historian.

Demetrius, a ‘grammarian’ of Tarsus, now returning from Britain.

Ammonius, the philosopher.

Heracleon, of Megara, a young man.

Time: A little before the Pythian games of Callistratus’ year, perhaps A. D. 83-4.

1 and 2. Cleombrotus mentions the undying lamp flame at Ammon, said to require less oil each year, a proof that the years are growing shorter.