Quotations · Atlas

most-quoted

60 of 1,172

Euclid 375 utterances in 2 works

10 reported · 365 carried
340 authority 4 neutral 31 extended
in the voice of Euclid, narrator
Socrates 175 utterances in 28 works

88 quoted · 74 reported · 13 carried
16 authority 129 neutral 17 refuted 6 extended 7 endorsed
in the voice of Socrates, Critobulus, Xenophon, Ischomachus, Strepsiades
Homer 167 utterances in 49 works

7 quoted · 9 reported · 151 carried
91 authority 42 neutral 15 refuted 11 extended 8 endorsed
in the voice of Socrates, Homer, Aeschines, Agathon, Alexander
Odysseus 165 utterances in 8 works

148 quoted · 17 reported
1 authority 162 neutral 2 refuted
in the voice of Athena, Penelope, Telemakhos, Circe, Agamemnon
Plato 127 utterances in 32 works

5 quoted · 10 reported · 112 carried
54 authority 28 neutral 9 refuted 19 extended 17 endorsed
in the voice of Seneca, Plato, Scipio, Socrates, narrator
Psalms 125 utterances in 19 works

1 quoted · 2 reported · 122 carried
117 authority 2 neutral 1 refuted 5 extended
in the voice of David, Barlaam, Basil of Caesarea, Clement of Alexandria, The author
Demosthenes 111 utterances in 26 works

12 quoted · 66 reported · 33 carried
14 authority 67 neutral 20 refuted 1 extended 9 endorsed
in the voice of Aeschines, Demosthenes, the clerk, the speaker, Aristophanes the Olynthian
Aristotle 110 utterances in 26 works

4 quoted · 9 reported · 97 carried
31 authority 32 neutral 9 refuted 8 extended 30 endorsed
in the voice of Aristotle, Cicero, Piso, The commentator, Miskawayh
Isaiah 109 utterances in 18 works

1 quoted · 1 reported · 107 carried
96 authority 8 neutral 2 refuted 3 extended
in the voice of Isaiah, Barlaam, Tertullian, Basil, the Creator
1 Corinthians 104 utterances in 20 works

2 quoted · 2 reported · 100 carried
87 authority 3 neutral 2 refuted 9 extended 3 endorsed
in the voice of Paul, Basil of Caesarea, Paul (the Apostle), Bar Hebraeus, Barlaam
Indra 100 utterances in 7 works

71 quoted · 29 reported
10 authority 79 neutral 4 refuted 7 endorsed
in the voice of the poet, poet, Indra, reciter, worshippers
Iliad 91 utterances in 21 works

17 quoted · 10 reported · 64 carried
26 authority 23 neutral 14 refuted 7 extended 21 endorsed
in the voice of Alexander, Socrates, the clerk, the speaker (Dio), Achilles
Epicurus 89 utterances in 17 works

12 quoted · 26 reported · 51 carried
11 authority 20 neutral 34 refuted 4 extended 20 endorsed
in the voice of Seneca, Epicurus, Cicero, the speaker, Lucretius
Manu 82 utterances in 13 works

5 quoted · 6 reported · 71 carried
70 authority 11 neutral 1 refuted
in the voice of Manu, narrator, the Self-existent One / Brahma, the poet, the poet-worshippers
Genesis 80 utterances in 18 works

5 quoted · 4 reported · 71 carried
67 authority 8 neutral 1 refuted 4 extended
in the voice of God, Tertullian, Bar Hebraeus, Basil of Caesarea, Jacob
Matthew 77 utterances in 18 works

6 quoted · 4 reported · 67 carried
66 authority 8 neutral 3 extended
in the voice of Jesus Christ, Barlaam, Basil of Caesarea, Christ, Tertullian
the Gospel 76 utterances in 12 works

8 quoted · 1 reported · 67 carried
67 authority 1 neutral 1 refuted 4 extended 3 endorsed
in the voice of Christ / the Lord, Christ, the Lord, Jesus Christ, Barlaam
Zeus 74 utterances in 16 works

62 quoted · 12 reported
3 authority 69 neutral 1 refuted 1 endorsed
in the voice of Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Chorus, Iris
Athenians 71 utterances in 21 works

12 quoted · 59 reported
7 authority 41 neutral 16 refuted 7 endorsed
in the voice of Demosthenes, Plataeans, Thebans, Philip, Pro-Macedonian speakers in Athens
Romans 66 utterances in 19 works

2 quoted · 64 carried
57 authority 2 refuted 5 extended 2 endorsed
in the voice of Paul, Tertullian, Paul the Apostle, the narrator, Barlaam
John 65 utterances in 16 works

9 quoted · 2 reported · 54 carried
55 authority 4 neutral 3 refuted 2 extended 1 endorsed
in the voice of Basil of Caesarea, Jesus Christ, Barlaam, John, Clement
Achilles 64 utterances in 9 works

52 quoted · 12 reported
2 authority 61 neutral 1 refuted
in the voice of Odysseus, Agamemnon, Thetis, Hektor, Priam
Agni 63 utterances in 6 works

51 quoted · 12 reported
4 authority 56 neutral 1 refuted 2 endorsed
in the voice of the poet, ritual practitioner, ritual performer, the worshippers, Agni
Euripides 62 utterances in 17 works

6 quoted · 2 reported · 54 carried
18 authority 22 neutral 6 refuted 4 extended 12 endorsed
in the voice of Euripides, Aeschines, Clement, Dio Chrysostom, Alexander
Aeschines 60 utterances in 10 works

4 quoted · 48 reported · 8 carried
1 authority 36 neutral 21 refuted 2 endorsed
in the voice of Demosthenes, Aeschines, Aeschines' brothers, narrator (Seneca, imagining Aeschines's thought)
Cyrus 58 utterances in 4 works

44 quoted · 14 reported
1 authority 55 neutral 1 refuted 1 endorsed
in the voice of Araspas, Cyaxares, Gadatas, Croesus, Astyages
Viśvāmitra 56 utterances in 3 works

50 quoted · 4 reported · 2 carried
2 authority 54 neutral
in the voice of Rāma, Janaka, Vasiṣṭha, Brahmā, Daśaratha
Agamemnon 55 utterances in 8 works

50 quoted · 5 reported
52 neutral 1 refuted 2 endorsed
in the voice of Achilles, Clytemnestra, Nestor, Odysseus, Chorus
Qurʼān 53 utterances in 11 works

1 quoted · 52 carried
51 authority 1 neutral 1 refuted
in the voice of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawwānī, al-Ghazzālī, Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī, H. N., Ibn Rushd
the gods 53 utterances in 29 works

32 quoted · 20 reported · 1 carried
17 authority 34 neutral 1 refuted 1 endorsed
in the voice of God, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the gods, Ariston
Commentaries on the Laws of England 52 utterances in 12 works

3 quoted · 2 reported · 47 carried
31 authority 12 neutral 6 refuted 3 extended
in the voice of William Blackstone, Blackstone, John Taylor of Caroline
Twelve Tables 52 utterances in 10 works

1 quoted · 5 reported · 46 carried
42 authority 9 neutral 1 refuted
in the voice of Aulus Gellius, the speaker (Cicero)
Jeremy Bentham 50 utterances in 7 works

14 quoted · 6 reported · 30 carried
14 authority 18 neutral 8 refuted 4 extended 6 endorsed
in the voice of Jeremy Bentham, A. V. Dicey, Henry Sumner Maine, Bentham and his disciples, Henry Brougham
Magna Carta 50 utterances in 4 works

9 quoted · 8 reported · 33 carried
39 authority 7 neutral 4 extended
in the voice of King John, the barons, Counsel for Sir Edmund Hampden, Counsel for Sir John Heveningham, Magna Carta
Apollo 49 utterances in 14 works

34 quoted · 15 reported
4 authority 35 neutral 5 refuted 5 endorsed
in the voice of Hermes, Chorus, Creusa, Athena, Zeus
Proverbs 48 utterances in 7 works

2 quoted · 46 carried
44 authority 2 extended 2 endorsed
in the voice of Solomon, Wisdom, Basil, Basil of Caesarea
Isocrates 47 utterances in 14 works

6 quoted · 20 reported · 21 carried
12 authority 28 neutral 1 refuted 3 extended 3 endorsed
in the voice of Isocrates, Lysimachus, Former pupil who praised Sparta, Isocrates' associate, Accusers of Isocrates
Jesus Christ 47 utterances in 10 works

20 quoted · 18 reported · 9 carried
23 authority 19 neutral 3 refuted 2 endorsed
in the voice of Jesus Christ, the disciples, Angels, Bar Hebraeus, Basil
Digest 46 utterances in 4 works

1 quoted · 45 carried
35 authority 8 neutral 2 extended 1 endorsed
in the voice of Ulpian, Aristo
Gaius 46 utterances in 6 works

5 quoted · 10 reported · 31 carried
25 authority 16 neutral 1 refuted 3 extended 1 endorsed
in the voice of Gaius, Justinian
Jeremiah 43 utterances in 13 works

43 carried
40 authority 2 neutral 1 extended
in the voice of Jeremiah, the Lord, Basil of Caesarea, God, the Spirit
Xerxes 43 utterances in 2 works

32 quoted · 11 reported
1 authority 41 neutral 1 refuted
in the voice of Artabanus, Demaratus, Mardonius, Masistes, Pythius
Athena 42 utterances in 7 works

40 quoted · 1 reported · 1 carried
2 authority 37 neutral 1 refuted 2 endorsed
in the voice of Odysseus, Hera, Telemakhos, Zeus, Achilles
Acts of the Apostles 38 utterances in 15 works

1 quoted · 3 reported · 34 carried
33 authority 5 neutral
in the voice of Paul, Bar Hebraeus, narrator, Barlaam, Basil
Galatians 38 utterances in 14 works

3 quoted · 3 reported · 32 carried
26 authority 6 neutral 1 refuted 5 extended
in the voice of Paul, Barlaam, Paul the Apostle, Tertullian, the Converted Satrap (the Hermit)
Alexander 37 utterances in 12 works

13 quoted · 23 reported · 1 carried
3 authority 30 neutral 3 refuted 1 endorsed
in the voice of Diogenes, Alexander, narrator, Alexander son of Amyntas, Amyntas
Odyssey 37 utterances in 14 works

2 quoted · 1 reported · 34 carried
16 authority 11 neutral 1 refuted 5 extended 4 endorsed
in the voice of Socrates, Alexander, Chorus, Clement, Dio Chrysostom (speaker)
Exodus 36 utterances in 11 works

3 quoted · 3 reported · 30 carried
31 authority 3 neutral 2 extended
in the voice of God, Moses, Bar Hebraeus, The author, Barlaam
Institutes of Justinian 36 utterances in 3 works

1 quoted · 1 reported · 34 carried
31 authority 1 neutral 4 extended
in the voice of Justinian (Institutes)
Lacedaemonians 36 utterances in 8 works

14 quoted · 22 reported
7 authority 21 neutral 7 refuted 1 endorsed
in the voice of Demosthenes, Pericles, the Pythia (Delphic Oracle), Agis, Alcibiades
Chrysippus 35 utterances in 11 works

1 quoted · 12 reported · 22 carried
6 authority 10 neutral 8 refuted 6 extended 5 endorsed
in the voice of Cicero, Seneca, Chrysippus, Cotta, Marcus Aurelius
Hesiod 35 utterances in 17 works

1 quoted · 3 reported · 31 carried
19 authority 9 neutral 3 refuted 2 extended 2 endorsed
in the voice of Socrates, Aeschines, narrator, the Heliconian Muses, Adeimantus
Veda 35 utterances in 12 works

1 reported · 34 carried
32 authority 3 neutral
in the voice of Annaṃbhaṭṭa, Jaṭāyu, Supārśva (counsellor), Sītā
Muhammad 34 utterances in 7 works

14 quoted · 14 reported · 6 carried
29 authority 2 neutral 3 refuted
in the voice of Muhammad, al-Māwardī, Abū al-Dardāʼ, Anas ibn Mālik, Aḥmad ibn Khalīl al-Khuwayyī
Apollodorus 33 utterances in 11 works

5 quoted · 21 reported · 7 carried
4 authority 18 neutral 9 refuted 2 endorsed
in the voice of defense speaker, Polycles, Nicostratus, Adversaries of Apollodorus, Timotheus
Christ 33 utterances in 9 works

25 quoted · 6 reported · 2 carried
12 authority 19 neutral 1 refuted 1 extended
in the voice of Christ, Peter, Pontius Pilate, Tertullian, Tertullian, in the persona of Israel and the disciples
Bṛhaspati 31 utterances in 5 works

4 quoted · 3 reported · 24 carried
25 authority 6 neutral
in the voice of ritual practitioner, poet/worshipper, the poet, worshipper/poet
Philip 31 utterances in 12 works

16 quoted · 15 reported
1 authority 25 neutral 4 refuted 1 endorsed
in the voice of Philip, Demosthenes, Callias, Aeschines, Aristodemus
Deuteronomy 30 utterances in 12 works

2 quoted · 28 carried
25 authority 4 neutral 1 refuted
in the voice of Moses, Omer Talon
Ephesians 30 utterances in 9 works

30 carried
27 authority 1 neutral 2 extended
in the voice of Paul, Clement, Paul the Apostle, the apostle, the narrator

the marks

authority: relied on as a source of legitimacy
neutral: identified or reported
refuted: argued against
extended: developed or continued
endorsed: agreed with
roman: the cited text is in the library and opens in the reader
italic: named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
¶: the passage in this text that does the citing
7: beside a chapter, the passages anchored there. A single citation can quote more than one passage, which is why a row carries two figures: the citations the harvest recorded, and the passages its chapters add up to.

marks a party quoted as a person rather than as a text — a speaker in the tradition, not an entry on the list of books to acquire.

the speakers

60 of 3,405

Who does the quoting. A speaker is whoever the text puts the words in the mouth of — often a character rather than an author, which is why Rāma speaks 293 times in one work and Demosthenes 500 across thirty-four.

Demosthenes 500 in 34 works
Socrates 379 in 20 works
Rāma 293 in 1 work
Seneca 197 in 14 works
Aeschines 157 in 7 works
Odysseus 138 in 6 works
Isocrates 110 in 19 works
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawwānī 102 in 1 work
Cicero 101 in 7 works
Narrator 100 in 27 works
Tertullian 96 in 17 works
Speaker 95 in 8 works
the poet 92 in 4 works
Sītā 87 in 1 work
Cyrus 82 in 6 works
Hanumān 82 in 1 work
Rāvaṇa 82 in 1 work
The author 82 in 15 works
Paul 79 in 7 works
Achilles 78 in 6 works
Barlaam 75 in 1 work
Lakṣmaṇa 73 in 1 work
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qāsimī 72 in 1 work
Chorus 67 in 20 works
Jesus Christ 66 in 14 works
Apollodorus 63 in 9 works
Basil of Caesarea 62 in 1 work
The annotator of Bayan zaghl al-ilm 62 in 1 work
Agamemnon 61 in 7 works
Christ 61 in 11 works
The commentator 59 in 1 work
Zeus 58 in 9 works
Cotta 57 in 1 work
A. V. Dicey 56 in 1 work
Athena 55 in 9 works
al-Māwardī 55 in 2 works
the speaker (Cicero) 53 in 1 work
Clement 51 in 2 works
God 51 in 21 works
Messenger 51 in 16 works
clerk 51 in 10 works
Viśvāmitra 50 in 1 work
Sugrīva 49 in 1 work
the speaker 48 in 14 works
The Lord 46 in 9 works
the reciter 46 in 2 works
Mantitheus 44 in 2 works
Basil 43 in 1 work
Josaphat 43 in 1 work
Telemakhos 43 in 1 work
Daśaratha 41 in 1 work
Alexander 40 in 5 works
Apollo 40 in 12 works
Philip 40 in 5 works
Bar Hebraeus 38 in 1 work
Salīm al-Jazāʼirī 38 in 1 work
William Sharp McKechnie 38 in 1 work
Bharata 37 in 1 work
Hektor 36 in 1 work
Jurji Zaydan 36 in 1 work

index of quoted parties

1,172 with pages

Every party quoted by two or more works, or held by the library. The 11,832 quoted exactly once appear on the page of the work that quotes them, where the locus is printed.