On one occasion, which either Plutarch himself or one of his colleagues witnessed, temple authorities forced the Pythia to prophesy on an inauspicious day to please the members of an important embassy.

• 有一次，普鲁塔克本人或其他同伴看到，神殿方面强求皮媞亚在一个不吉之日做预言，以取悦某重要的使节团员。