the Delphic oracle
cited 2 times by 2 works in the library · not held
The library holds nothing under this name. Two of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
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2 citations · from 2 works-
Republic Plato 1 citation
Explicitly cited as sanctioning authority: 'the law will allow brothers and sisters to cohabit if the lot so falls out and the Delphic oracle approves.'
But the law will allow brothers and sisters to cohabit if the lot so falls out and the Delphic oracle approves.
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Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus Plutarch 1 citation
The oracle's reported command is invoked as an authoritative model that the wise man's conduct toward vice should imitate.
Therefore, as the oracle told the Cirrhaeans that they ought to fight continually, day and night;
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