Plutarch, birthplace and residence of, vii. education of, viii. family of, ix. philosophy of, x. theology of, xi. ethics of, xii. relation of, to Christianity, xiv. “Lives” of, xvii. “Moralia” of, xx. letter of, to his wife on the death of their child, xxii. “Apophthegms” of, xxv. treatise of, on the Delay of the Divine Justice, xxvi. Pompey the Great, son of a worthless father, 21. Providence, the Divine, beyond man’s full comprehension, 8. Ptolemy Ceraunus, punishment of, foretold in dreams, 28. Punishment, alleged to be not recognized as such, when delayed, 6. for the children of bad men, preceding and preventing guilt, 55. Sibyl in the moon, predictions of, 69. Sicyon, the people of, punished for wantonness and cruelty, 21. Slowness of retribution, alleged to be disheartening to those who suffer wrong, 3. Souls cast no shadow, 63. Sybaris destroyed for the guilt of its inhabitants, 37. Themistocles, early profligacy and subsequent public services of, 16. Thespesius, story of, 59. Transformation of men into beasts, 71. Wicked men, preserved for services that they may render, 18. employed by God as executioners before their own destruction, 20. punished not late, but long, 24. punished most severely of all in their children, 51. University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES In the Synopsis, the first numbered paragraph on each page was preceded by a section symbol in the original. Only the first section symbol has been retained. Variations in spelling and hyphenation remain as in the original. The following corrections have been made to the original text: Page xxix: equally the postulate[original has “postulete”] of the unsophisticated reason Page 6: they place it to the account of misfortune[original has “misforfune”] [4:3] scene of the story was probably[original has “propably”] Orchomenus [57:3] Hercules, according[original has “accerding”] to some traditions End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Plutarch on the Delay of the Divine Justice, by Plutarch