The MouseionPlutarchThe Oracle at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse
The Oracle at Delphi No Longer Given in VerseΠερὶ τοῦ μὴ χρᾶν ἔμμετρα νῦν τὴν Πυθίαν
By Plutarch. De Pythiae oraculis · English title from the library's translation
- Kind of writing
- Philosophic Dialogue
- Dialect
- Attic/Koine
- Written
- 1st–2nd c. AD
- Length
- 8,256 words analysed
- Vocabulary
- 68% common words
- In the library
- 1 Greek text, 2 English translations
The texts
Each is the collection's own file, read unchanged from the Perseus Digital Library or Open Greek and Latin. The description is theirs too.
- Greek textPlutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol II. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1891.
- English translationPlutarch. Moralia, Vol. V. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).
- English translationPlutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. III. Goodwin, William W., editor; Philips, John, translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.