Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... occasion , when the 1 Compare Sophocles , " Edipus Tyrannus , " 112 , 113 . 99 2 2 The Thessalians were very pugnacious . Cf. Isocrates , " Oratio de Pace , ” p . 316. οἱ μὲν ( Θετταλοί ) σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἀεὶ πολεμοῦσιν , Lacedæmonians ...
... occasion , when the 1 Compare Sophocles , " Edipus Tyrannus , " 112 , 113 . 99 2 2 The Thessalians were very pugnacious . Cf. Isocrates , " Oratio de Pace , ” p . 316. οἱ μὲν ( Θετταλοί ) σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἀεὶ πολεμοῦσιν , Lacedæmonians ...
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... occasion . rebuked an empty - headed parent neatly and wittily . For being asked how much money a parent ought to pay for his son's education , he answered , " A thousand drachmæ . " And he replying , " Hercules , what a price ! I could ...
... occasion . rebuked an empty - headed parent neatly and wittily . For being asked how much money a parent ought to pay for his son's education , he answered , " A thousand drachmæ . " And he replying , " Hercules , what a price ! I could ...
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... occasion , seeing all the rest of his class vexed and impatient , even to the point of wanting to prosecute the young man , said , " What ! If a young ass kicked me would you have me kick it back ? " Not that the young fellow committed ...
... occasion , seeing all the rest of his class vexed and impatient , even to the point of wanting to prosecute the young man , said , " What ! If a young ass kicked me would you have me kick it back ? " Not that the young fellow committed ...
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... occasion that caused the conver- sation simply demands a chorus for the action and a stage , nothing else is wanting to the drama , let us only pray to the Mother of the Muses to be propitious , and give me memory for my narrative ...
... occasion that caused the conver- sation simply demands a chorus for the action and a stage , nothing else is wanting to the drama , let us only pray to the Mother of the Muses to be propitious , and give me memory for my narrative ...
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... the various readings on every occasion . I am not editing the " Moralia . " 2 " De Enantha et Agathoclea , v . Polyb . excerpt . 1. xv . " - Reiske . Ninus having granted her permission , and having ordered all ON LOVE . 37.
... the various readings on every occasion . I am not editing the " Moralia . " 2 " De Enantha et Agathoclea , v . Polyb . excerpt . 1. xv . " - Reiske . Ninus having granted her permission , and having ordered all ON LOVE . 37.
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