SCRIPTURA

Philosophy

The Obsolescence of Oracles · De defectu oraculorum

Plutarch

Translated by Robert Midgley, rev. William W. Goodwin

Why have the oracles fallen silent? Daemons, the death of Great Pan, and the nature of prophecy.

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  • Greek: ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0007.tlg092, CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • English: Robert Midgley, rev. William W. Goodwin, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0007.tlg092.perseus-eng4). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the references the two texts share (chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

Contents · 4

  1. 1Sections 1–13
  2. 2Sections 14–26
  3. 3Sections 27–38
  4. 4Sections 39–52