Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, ed. William W. Goodwin, 50

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Question 50.

Why do the Argives bring their sheep to the grove of Agenor to take ram?

Solution.

Was it because Agenor took care to have the fairest sheep, and of all kings possessed the most flocks of sheep?

Quaestiones Graecae. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Greek Questions (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. II. Goodwin, William W., editor; Chauncy, Isaac translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

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Αἴτια Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 50 focus

[50] διὰ τί πρὸς τὸ τοῦ Ἀγήνορος τέμενος τὰς ὄις προσελαύνοντες οἱ Ἀργεῖοι βιβάζουσιν;

ἢ ὅτι κάλλιστα προβάτων ὁ Ἀγήνωρ ἐπεμελήθη καὶ πλεῖστα ποίμνια τῶν βασιλέων ἐκτήσατο;

Κεφαλαίων καταγραφή Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 50 focus

[50] διὰ τί πρὸς τὸ τοῦ Ἀγήνορος τέμενος τὰς ὄις ¹ προσελαύνοντες οἱ Ἀργεῖοι βιβάζουσιν; ἦ ὅτι κάλλιστα προβάτων ὁ Ἀγήνωρ ἐπεμελήθη καὶ πλεῖστα ποίμνια τῶν βασιλέων ἐκτήσατο; 5

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The Greek Questions Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 50 focus

[50] Why is it that the Argives drive their sheep to the precinct of Agenor when they wish to mate them?

Is it because Agenor took most excellent care of his sheep and acquired more flocks than any other king?

Plutarch Quaestiones Graecae 50

ed. William W. Goodwin

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