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Polybius, Histories, 12.15.6


εἰ γὰρ εἰς τὰς Συρακούσας παρεγενήθη φεύγων τὸν τροχόν, τὸν καπνόν, τὸν πηλόν, περὶ ἔτη τὴν ἡλικίαν ὀκτωκαίδεκα γεγονώςFor if at the age of eighteen he reached Syracuse, escaping from the wheel, the kiln, and the clay, and in a short time, <


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Timaeus of Tauromenium, Fragments, None (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

2. Polybius, Histories, 12.15.7-12.15.9, 15.35.2, 15.35.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

12.15.7.  starting from such small beginnings, became master of the whole of Sicily, exposed the Carthaginians to extreme peril, and having grown old in his sovereign position, died with the title of king 12.15.8.  must not Agathocles have had something great and wonderful in him, and must he not have been qualified for the conduct of affairs by peculiar mental force and power? Regarding all this a historian should lay before posterity not only such matters as tend to confirm slanderous accusations, but also what redounds to the credit of his prince; for such is the proper function of history. 12.15.9.  But Timaeus, blinded by his own malice, has chronicled with hostility and exaggeration the defects of Agathocles and has entirely omitted to mention his shining qualities, being unaware that it is just as mendacious for a writer to conceal what did occur as to report what did not occur. I myself, while refraining in order to spare him from giving full expression to my hostility to Timaeus, have omitted nothing less to the object I had in view. . . . . 15.35.2.  of these two, the latter started from an obscure and humble position, and Agathocles, as Timaeus ridiculing him tells us, was a potter and leaving the wheel and the clay and the smoke came to Syracuse as a young man.
3. Dio Chrysostom, Orations, 1.22, 1.28 (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE)

4. Herodian, History of The Empire After Marcus, 1.7.5, 4.3.4, 5.3.8 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)



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"fragments of historiography,hellenistic" Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
"historiography,hellenistic" Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
"moralising,through pathos" Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
accession (imperial) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
barbarians Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
biography Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
bravery (ἀνδρεία) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
caracalla Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
commilito Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
commodus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
cowardice Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
cruelty Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
digressions Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
diodorus siculus Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
duris of samos Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
ekphrasis Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
elagabalus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
evaluation,internal Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
evaluative phrasing Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
experience (political and/or military) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
fear Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
flattery Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
fortune Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
goodwill (εὔνοια) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
historiography Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
imitation (of emperors) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
leader(ship) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
marcus aurelius Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
maximinus thrax Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
minds (of in-text characters) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
moral(isation) Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
nobility of birth Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
piety Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
praise Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
septimius severus Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
severus alexander Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
soldiers' Chrysanthou (2022), Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire. 52
speeches Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
timaeus of tauromenium Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
vignettes,moralising Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136