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Polybius, Histories, 15.35.2

ἐκείνων γὰρ ὁ μὲν ἕτερος ἐκ δημοτικῆς καὶ ταπεινῆς ὑποθέσεως ὁρμηθείς, ὁ δʼ Ἀγαθοκλῆς, ὡς ὁ Τίμαιος ἐπισκώπτων φησί, κεραμεὺς ὑπάρχων καὶ καταλιπὼν τὸν τροχὸν καὶ τὸν πηλὸν καὶ τὸν καπνόν, ἧκε νέος ὢν εἰς τὰς Συρακούσας. 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. <

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, 12.15.6-12.15.9, 15.35.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 12.15.6.  For if at the age of eighteen he reached Syracuse, escaping from the wheel, the kiln, and the clay, and in a short time 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. . . . .
3. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 19.1.6 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 19.1.6.  The most extraordinary instance of all is that of Agathocles who became tyrant of the Syracusans, a man who had the lowest beginnings, but who plunged not only Syracuse but also the whole of Sicily and Libya into the gravest misfortunes.
4. Dio Chrysostom, Orations, 1.22, 1.28 (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE)
5. Herodian, History of The Empire After Marcus, 1.7.5, 4.3.4, 5.3.8 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
"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
aeschines	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380
agathocles	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380
antipater	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380
aristophanes	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380
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
demosthenes vii	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380
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
körte,alfred	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380
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	Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 380; Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136
vignettes,moralising	Hau (2017), Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus, 136