Selected Essays of Plutarch, Vol. II.

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Plutarch

Ethics -- Early works to 1800

Pindar, Fr. 107. Paean 9 (see _Oxy. Pap._ 1908, 841).

Footnote 339:

  _Od._ 20, 352 and 357; 14, 162; 19, 307.

Footnote 340:

  Reading τὸ ἕν for τόν.

Footnote 341:

  Prop. 17.

Footnote 342:

  _De Caelo_, 2, 13, 293 b 20.

Footnote 343:

  See note (8), p. 310.

Footnote 344:

  See note (9), p. 310.

Footnote 345:

  Reading ἡ δὲ τῆς Σελήνης with Mr. W. R. Paton, see _Class. Rev._ vol.
  26, p. 269.

Footnote 346:

  Strictly speaking, both cases are of ‘overtaking’, but the results
  follow as stated.

Footnote 347:

  _Il._ 9, 212.

Footnote 348:

  See Plato, _Phaedo_, 110 B-C.

Footnote 349:

  _Od._ 311.

Footnote 350:

  Soph. (_Lemnians_), Fr. 348.

Footnote 351:

  τραπέμπαλιν is due here to Meineke, ap. Ed. Teub., see p. 267.

Footnote 352:

  _Tim._ 40 B.

Footnote 353:

  See note (10), p. 311.

Footnote 354:

  Aesch. _Suppl._ 937.

Footnote 355:

  See p. 262 and note.

Footnote 356:

  See n. (11), p. 311.

Footnote 357:

  _Il._ 14, 246. The second line appears to have been added by Crates
  and is not in our texts.

Footnote 358:

  _Tim._ 40 C.

Footnote 359:

  Kepler would read ‘twelve’.

Footnote 360:

  Fr. 48.

Footnote 361:

  _W. and D._ 41.

Footnote 362:

  _Il._ 20, 64.

Footnote 363:

  _Il._ 8, 16.

Footnote 364:

  _Od._ 7, 244.

Footnote 365:

  See n. (13), p. 311.

Footnote 366:

  Reading ἐπειδὰν παύσῃ, with Madvig.

Footnote 367:

  See n. (14), p. 312.

Footnote 368:

  _Od._ 9, 563.

Footnote 369:

  i. e. the words τελεῖν, τελευτᾶν are allied, see p. 215.

Footnote 370:

  Plato, _Tim._ 31 B and end.

Footnote 371:

  Fr. 38.

Footnote 372:

  _Tim._ 31 B.

Footnote 373:

  _Od._ 11, 222.

Footnote 374:

  _Od._ 11, 600.

Footnote 375:

  From a note made in 1910, which cannot at present (1916) be verified.

                     NOTE ON THE MYTHS IN PLUTARCH

The three ‘myths’ which are found in these Dialogues are all avowedly
Platonic; they are introduced and dismissed in Platonic formulae, and
much of the imagery is drawn from Plato. Yet the treatment is Plutarch’s
own, and the style, though dignified and elevated after his fashion,
never suggests an imitation of Plato which could only be parody. New
matter is brought in, mostly gleaned from the astronomy of his day. The
movements of the heavenly bodies have been an inspiration to later poets
of verse and prose:

                 _Minerva breathes on me, Apollo guides,
                 And the nine Muses point me to the Bears._

To Plutarch the subject was rather one of earnest curiosity, as he turns
to account the details and their theological application, read by him in
the philosophers of, or nearly of, his own age.

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Selected Essays of Plutarch, Vol. II.

Plutarch

Ethics -- Early works to 1800

Pindar, Fr. 107. Paean 9 (see _Oxy. Pap._ 1908, 841).

Footnote 339:

  _Od._ 20, 352 and 357; 14, 162; 19, 307.

Footnote 340:

  Reading τὸ ἕν for τόν.

Footnote 341:

  Prop. 17.

Footnote 342:

  _De Caelo_, 2, 13, 293 b 20.

Footnote 343:

  See note (8), p. 310.

Footnote 344:

  See note (9), p. 310.

Footnote 345:

  Reading ἡ δὲ τῆς Σελήνης with Mr. W. R. Paton, see _Class. Rev._ vol.
  26, p. 269.

Footnote 346:

  Strictly speaking, both cases are of ‘overtaking’, but the results
  follow as stated.

Footnote 347:

  _Il._ 9, 212.

Footnote 348:

  See Plato, _Phaedo_, 110 B-C.

Footnote 349:

  _Od._ 311.

Footnote 350:

  Soph. (_Lemnians_), Fr. 348.

Footnote 351:

  τραπέμπαλιν is due here to Meineke, ap. Ed. Teub., see p. 267.

Footnote 352:

  _Tim._ 40 B.

Footnote 353:

  See note (10), p. 311.

Footnote 354:

  Aesch. _Suppl._ 937.

Footnote 355:

  See p. 262 and note.

Footnote 356:

  See n. (11), p. 311.

Footnote 357:

  _Il._ 14, 246. The second line appears to have been added by Crates
  and is not in our texts.

Footnote 358:

  _Tim._ 40 C.

Footnote 359:

  Kepler would read ‘twelve’.

Footnote 360:

  Fr. 48.

Footnote 361:

  _W. and D._ 41.

Footnote 362:

  _Il._ 20, 64.

Footnote 363:

  _Il._ 8, 16.

Footnote 364:

  _Od._ 7, 244.

Footnote 365:

  See n. (13), p. 311.

Footnote 366:

  Reading ἐπειδὰν παύσῃ, with Madvig.

Footnote 367:

  See n. (14), p. 312.

Footnote 368:

  _Od._ 9, 563.

Footnote 369:

  i. e. the words τελεῖν, τελευτᾶν are allied, see p. 215.

Footnote 370:

  Plato, _Tim._ 31 B and end.

Footnote 371:

  Fr. 38.

Footnote 372:

  _Tim._ 31 B.

Footnote 373:

  _Od._ 11, 222.

Footnote 374:

  _Od._ 11, 600.

Footnote 375:

  From a note made in 1910, which cannot at present (1916) be verified.

                     NOTE ON THE MYTHS IN PLUTARCH

The three ‘myths’ which are found in these Dialogues are all avowedly
Platonic; they are introduced and dismissed in Platonic formulae, and
much of the imagery is drawn from Plato. Yet the treatment is Plutarch’s
own, and the style, though dignified and elevated after his fashion,
never suggests an imitation of Plato which could only be parody. New
matter is brought in, mostly gleaned from the astronomy of his day. The
movements of the heavenly bodies have been an inspiration to later poets
of verse and prose:

                 _Minerva breathes on me, Apollo guides,
                 And the nine Muses point me to the Bears._

To Plutarch the subject was rather one of earnest curiosity, as he turns
to account the details and their theological application, read by him in
the philosophers of, or nearly of, his own age.

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