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1. Herodotus, Histories, None (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 1.22-1.23 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

3. Polybius, Histories, 1.1.6, 1.2.1, 1.2.8, 1.3.3-1.3.4, 1.4.2-1.4.7, 1.63.9, 2.38.5-2.38.9, 3.47.8, 8.2.3, 10.2.6-10.2.13, 15.20.5, 15.20.7, 36.17.2-36.17.4 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

2.38.5.  It is evident that we should not say it is the result of chance, for that is a poor explanation. We must rather seek for a cause, for every event whether probable or improbable must have some cause. The cause here, I believe to be more or less the following. 2.38.6.  One could not find a political system and principle so favourable to equality and freedom of speech, in a word so sincerely democratic, as that of the Achaean league. 2.38.7.  Owing to this, while some of the Peloponnesians chose to join it of their own free will, it won many others by persuasion and argument, and those whom it forced to adhere to it when the occasion presented itself suddenly underwent a change and became quite reconciled to their position. 2.38.8.  For by reserving no special privileges for original members, and putting all new adherents exactly on the same footing, it soon attained the aim it had set itself, being aided by two very power­ful coadjutors, equality and humanity. 2.38.9.  We must therefore look upon this as the initiator and cause of that union that has established the present prosperity of the Peloponnese. 3.47.8.  and again, being unable to bring their series of falsehoods to any close or issue they introduce gods and the sons of gods into the sober history of the facts. 8.2.3.  For how by the bare reading of events in Sicily or in Spain can we hope to learn and understand either the magnitude of the occurrences or the thing of greatest moment, what means and what form of government Fortune has employed to accomplish the most surprising feat she has performed in our times, that is, to bring all the known parts of the world under one rule and dominion, a thing absolutely without precedent? 10.2.6.  such men being, in their opinion, more divine and more worthy of admiration than those who always act by calculation. They are not aware that one of the two things deserves praise and the other only congratulation, the latter being common to ordinary men 10.2.7.  whereas what is praiseworthy belongs alone to men of sound judgement and mental ability, whom we should consider to be the most divine and most beloved by the gods. 10.2.8.  To me it seems that the character and principles of Scipio much resembled those of Lycurgus, the Lacedaemonian legislator. 10.2.9.  For neither must we suppose that Lycurgus drew up the constitution of Sparta under the influence of superstition and solely prompted by the Pythia, nor that Scipio won such an empire ')" onMouseOut="nd();"for his country by following the suggestion of dreams and omens. 10.2.10.  But since both of them saw that most men neither readily accept anything unfamiliar to them, nor venture on great risks without the hope of divine help, Lycurgus made his own scheme more acceptable and more easily believed in by invoking the oracles of the Pythia in support of projects due to himself 10.2.12.  while Scipio similarly made the men under his command more sanguine and more ready to face perilous enterprises by instilling into them the belief that his projects were divinely inspired. 10.2.13.  That everything he did was done with calculation and foresight, and that all his enterprises fell out as he had reckoned, will be clear from what I am about to say. 15.20.5.  But at the same time who among those who reasonably find fault with Fortune for her conduct of affairs, will not be reconciled to her when he learns how she afterwards made them pay the due penalty, and how she exhibited to their successors as a warning for their edification the exemplary chastisement she inflicted on these princes? 15.20.7.  For both of these were very soon vanquished in battle, and they were not only prevented from lusting after the property of others but were compelled to submit and to pay tribute and obey the behests of Rome. 36.17.2.  Now indeed as regards things the causes of which it is impossible or difficult for a mere man to understand, we may perhaps be justified in getting out of the difficulty by setting them down to the action of a god or of chance, I mean such things as exceptionally heavy and continuous rain or snow, or on the other hand the destruction of crops by severe drought or frost, or a persistent outbreak of plague or other similar things of which it is not easy to detect the cause. 36.17.3.  So in regard to such matters we naturally bow to public opinion, as we cannot make out why they happen, and attempting by prayer and sacrifice to appease the heavenly powers, we send to ask the gods what we must do and say, to set things right and cause the evil that afflicts us to cease. 36.17.4.  But as for matters the efficient and final cause of which it is possible to discover we should not, I think, put them down to divine action.
4. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 18.59.4-18.59.5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

18.59.4.  All wondered at the incredible fickleness of Fortune, when they considered that a little while before the kings and the Macedonians had condemned Eumenes and his friends to death, but now, forgetting their own decision, they not only had let him off scot-free of punishment, but also had entrusted to him the supreme command over the entire kingdom. 18.59.5.  And it was with good reason that these emotions were shared by all who then beheld the reversals in Eumenes' fortunes; for who, taking thought of the inconstancies of human life, would not be astonished at the alternating ebb and flow of fortune? Or who, putting his trust in the predomice he enjoys when Fortune favours him, would adopt a bearing too high for mortal weakness?
5. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 2.18.1 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

2.18.1.  It is not only these institutions of Romulus that I admire, but also those which I am going to relate. He understood that the good government of cities was due to certain causes which all statesmen prate of but few succeed in making effective: first, the favour of the gods, the enjoyment of which gives success to men's every enterprise; next, moderation and justice, as a result of which the citizens, being less disposed to injure one another, are more harmonious, and make honour, rather than the most shameful pleasures, the measure of their happiness; and, lastly, bravery in war, which renders the other virtues also useful to their possessors.
6. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, The Arrangement of Words, 4 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

7. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, The Arrangement of Words, 4 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

8. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, Letter To Pompeius Geminus, 3.2-3.6 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

9. Lucian, How To Write History, 50 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
achaean league Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85
alps Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85
antiochus iv Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 66
aristotle Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
authority Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
body metaphor Konig and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41; König and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41
conventions or themes,political or military focus Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 272
conventions or themes Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 141
cornelius scipio africanus,p. Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85, 87
destruction of\n,rome Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 69
diodoros sikeliotes Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
dion of prousa Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
dionysius of halicarnassus,ethos (character) Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41
dionysius of halicarnassus,explicit assessment of historiographers by Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41
dionysius of halicarnassus,rhetorical works Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41
dionysius of halicarnassus,roman antiquities Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
dionysius of halicarnassus,rome and roman history Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
dionysius of halicarnassus Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41, 79
fortune,τύχη/fortuna Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 66, 69, 141, 272
fortune Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 83, 85, 87
god,gods Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
greekness Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
hadrian Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
hannibal Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85, 87
herodotus Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 69; Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
history,kata meros Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
humankind,unity of Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
individual,ethos),romans as greek Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
iosephos (josephus) Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
local and global perspectives Konig and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41; König and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41
method Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
musonius rufus Stanton (2021), Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace, 95
nicolaus of damascus Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
oikoumene Konig and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41; König and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41
olympiads Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 66
periodisation of history Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 66
periplus Konig and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41; König and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41
persia and persians,persian wars,reception of Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41
philip v Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 87
polybius,geographical digression Konig and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41; König and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41
polybius Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320; Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41, 79
progress,historical Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 66, 69, 272
prokataskeue Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 83
prose style,representations of oikoumene Konig and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41; König and Wiater (2022), Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, 41
providence,πρόνοια/providentia Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 141
rhetoric Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 141
rome,as empire Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
rome,relation to greekness Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 79
rome,world expansion Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85
sicily Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85
spain Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 85
stoicism Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 141; Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 87
symploke Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 83, 87
teleology\n,literary technique Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 69
teleology\n,view of history Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 69, 272
temporal terminology\n,καιρός Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 66, 272
thucydides,assessment by dionysius of halicarnassus Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 41
thucydides Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
to katholou Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022), The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography, 320
universal history' Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 87
zama,battle of Miltsios (2023), Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. 87
„rule of the stronger Crabb (2020), Luke/Acts and the End of History, 141