The MouseionPlutarchThe Obsolescence of Oracles
The Obsolescence of OraclesΠερὶ τῶν ἐκλελοιπότων
By Plutarch. De Defectu Oraculorum · title translated from the Latin
- Kind of writing
- Philosophic Dialogue
- Dialect
- Attic/Koine
- Written
- 1st–2nd c. AD
- Length
- 15,412 words analysed
- Vocabulary
- 72% common words
- In the library
- 1 Greek text, 2 English translations
The texts
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- Greek textPlutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙI. 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. IV. Goodwin, William W., editor; Midgley, Robert translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.
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