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Plutarch, Sulla, 17.4
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1. Herodotus, Histories, 1.182 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1.182. These same Chaldaeans say (though I do not believe them) that the god himself is accustomed to visit the shrine and rest on the couch, as in Thebes of Egypt, as the Egyptians say ,(for there too a woman sleeps in the temple of Theban Zeus, and neither the Egyptian nor the Babylonian woman, it is said, has intercourse with men), and as does the prophetess of the god at Patara in Lycia, whenever she is appointed; for there is not always a place of divination there; but when she is appointed she is shut up in the temple during the night.
2. Plutarch, Alexander The Great, 9.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

9.3. In consequence of these exploits, then, as was natural, Philip was excessively fond of his son, so that he even rejoiced to hear the Macedonians call Alexander their king, but Philip their general. However, the disorders in his household, due to the fact that his marriages and amours carried into the kingdom the infection, as it were, which reigned in the women’s apartments, produced many grounds of offence and great quarrels between father and son, and these the bad temper of Olympias, who was a jealous and sullen woman, made still greater, since she spurred Alexander on.
3. Plutarch, Cimon, 1.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

4. Plutarch, On The Obsolescence of Oracles, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

412c. and in the Peloponnesian War, when the people of Delos had been driven out of their island, an oracle, it is said, was brought to them from Delphi directing them to find the place where Apollo was born, and to perform certain sacrifices there. While they were wondering and questioning the mere possibility that the god had been born, not in their island, but somewhere else, the prophetic priestess told them in another oracle that a crow would show them the spot. So they went away and, when they reached Chaeroneia, they heard the woman who kept their inn conversing about the oracle with some strangers who were on their way to Tegyrae. The strangers, as they were leaving, bade good-bye to the woman and called her by her name, which actually was 'Crow.'
5. Plutarch, Demosthenes, 19.1-19.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

6. Plutarch, Table Talk, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

7. Plutarch, Sulla, 5.5, 9.6-9.8, 12.5-12.14, 17.1-17.2, 17.6, 19.9, 27.7, 27.10, 27.12-27.13, 28.7-28.8, 37.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Plutarch, Theseus, 17.6 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

9. Lucian, The Lover of Lies, 38 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. Origen, Against Celsus, 7.35 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

7.35. Seeking God, then, in this way, we have no need to visit the oracles of Trophonius, of Amphiaraus, and of Mopsus, to which Celsus would send us, assuring us that we would there see the gods in human form, appearing to us with all distinctness, and without illusion. For we know that these are demons, feeding on the blood, and smoke, and odour of victims, and shut up by their base desires in prisons, which the Greeks call temples of the gods, but which we know are only the dwellings of deceitful demons. To this Celsus maliciously adds, in regard to these gods which, according to him, are in human form, they do not show themselves for once, or at intervals, like him who has deceived men, but they are ever open to intercourse with those who desire it. From this remark, it would seem that Celsus supposes that the appearance of Christ to His disciples after His resurrection was like that of a spectre flitting before their eyes; whereas these gods, as he calls them, in human shape always present themselves to those who desire it. But how is it possible that a phantom which, as he describes it, flew past to deceive the beholders, could produce such effects after it had passed away, and could so turn the hearts of men as to lead them to regulate their actions according to the will of God, as in view of being hereafter judged by Him? And how could a phantom drive away demons, and show other indisputable evidences of power, and that not in any one place, like these so-called gods in human form, but making its divine power felt through the whole world, in drawing and congregating together all who are found disposed to lead a good and noble life?


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
alexander the great Beneker et al. (2022), Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia, 198
amphiaraia,personnel Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
amphiaraos,historical resonances of Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
amphiaraos,military associations of Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
amphiareion,alignment with oropos Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
amphilochos,in lucians lover of lies Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
chaeronea Beneker et al. (2022), Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia, 198; Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
cornelius sulla,lucius,and the amphiareion Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
cornelius sulla,lucius,treatment of cities and sanctuaries Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
cult personnel (greek),promantis Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
delphi Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
divination (greek and roman),auditory oracles Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
divinities (greek and roman),apollo pythios Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
divinities (greek and roman),zeus olympios Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
dreams (in greek and latin literature),sulla,memoirs (lost) Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
eukrates (character in lover of lies) Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
exempt,exemption Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
first mithridatic war Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
fortune Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
hermodoros son of olynpichos of oropos Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
intellect,intelligence of beasts Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
lebadeia,sanctuary of zeus basileus and trophonios Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
leucothea,cult of Beneker et al. (2022), Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia, 198
matuta,shrine of Beneker et al. (2022), Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia, 198
narrative,battle Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
omens Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
oracles Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
oracles (greek),patara,oracle of apollo Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
orchomenos,sullan victory at Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
oropos,and cornelius sulla,lucius Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
patara Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
pergamon asklepieion Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
plutarchs lives,life of sulla Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
predictions Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
priest,and interstate association Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
prophecy Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
religion (greek),katabasis Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567
rome,romans Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
rome Beneker et al. (2022), Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia, 198; Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
sacrifices Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
senatus consultum Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 215
spirit Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
sulla/ sylla Leão and Lanzillotta (2019), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic, 125
sulla Beneker et al. (2022), Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia, 198
trophonios (and trophonion)' Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 567