 Parmeno's sow ; one took a pig under his arm and came upon the stage. And when, though they heard the very pig, they still continued, This is nothing comparable to Parmeno's sow ; he threw his pig amongst them, to show that they judged according to opinion...  plutarch's morals - Page 310by william w. goodwin - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Plutarch - Ethics - 1870 - 544 pages
...moved to admire Parmeno's sow so much as to pass it into a proverb ? Yet it u reported, that Parmeno being very famous for imitating the grunting of a...was not neatly and ingeniously performed. QUESTION IL THAT THE PRIZE FOR POETS AT THE GAMES WAS ANCIENT. AT the solemnity of the Pythian Games, there... | |
 | John Marston - 1887 - 396 pages
...comparable to Parmeno's sow,' one took a pig under his arm and came upon the stage; and when, tho' they heard the very pig, they still continued, ' This...that they judged according to opinion and not truth " (Creech's translation). Phasdrus has a fable on the subject. 1 Halfpennies. 3 Forbid. Sly. Who, I... | |
 | John Marston - 1887 - 438 pages
...comparable to Parmeno's sow,' one took a pig under his arm and came upon the stage ; and when, tho' they heard the very pig, they still continued, ' This...that they judged according to opinion and not truth " (Creech's translation). Phaedrus has a fable on the subject. 1 Halfpennies. ' Forbid. Sly. Who, I?... | |
 | John Marston - 1887 - 396 pages
...when, tho' they heard the very pig, they still continued, ' This is nothing comparable to Piirmeno's sow,' he threw his pig amongst them to show that they judged according to opinion and not truth " {Creech's translation). Phaedrus has a fable on the subject. Sly. Who, I? I'll tell you a strange... | |
 | John Marston - 1887 - 404 pages
...when, tho' they heard the very pig, they still continued, ' This is nothing comparable to Parmeno'i sow,' he threw his pig amongst them to show that they judged according to opinion ami not truth " (Creech's translation). Phsedrus has a fable on the subject. • Halfpennies. * Forbid.... | |
 | Frederick Morgan Padelford - Classical education - 1902 - 150 pages
...when, though they heard the very pig, they still continued, "This is nothing comparable to Parmenio's sow ;" he threw his pig amongst them, to show that they judged according to opinion and not truth.' [This translation is taken from the Goodwin edition.] See Rep. iii. 397, for Plato's condemnation of... | |
 | Plutarch - 1909 - 516 pages
...moved to admire Panneno's sow so much as to pass it into a proverb ? Yet it is reported, that Parmeno being very famous for imitating the grunting of a...was not neatly and ingeniously performed. QUESTION n. THAT THE PRIZE FOB POETS AT THE GAMES WAS ANCIEKT. AT the solemnity of the Pythian Games, there... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - English drama - 1911 - 924 pages
...pig, they still continued, ' This i« nothing comparable to Parmeuo's sow,' he threw the. pig among them to show that they judged according to opinion and not truth.'' (Plutarch's Symposium, VI, cited by " L. 8." and Bullen.) ConJdl. I knaw not, sir. Sty. I have an excellent... | |
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