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The MouseionPlutarchOn Praising Oneself Inoffensively

On Praising Oneself InoffensivelyΠερὶ τοῦ ἑαυτὸν ἐπαινεῖν ἀνεπιφθόνως

By Plutarch. De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando · title translated from the Latin

Kind of writing
Philosophy
Dialect
Attic/Koine
Written
1st–2nd c. AD
Length
4,555 words analysed
Vocabulary
71% common words
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1 Greek text, 1 English translation

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆοςοὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

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— px
Line spacing
1.8

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