Fortune
quoted 7 times by 4 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Fortune the idea
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
4 quoted · 3 reported
5 neutral 2 refutedin the voice of Seneca 2 , Dio 1 , Fortune 1 , Marcia 1 , Marcia (voiced complaint) 1 , Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1
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in the voice of Seneca
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Consolation to Polybius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 neutral 2 refuted 3 citations · 9 passages
Seneca stages a direct apostrophe addressed to Fortune, accusing her of injustice and cruelty toward Polybius, framed explicitly as a legal complaint.
"O Fortune, in the judgement of all men the most unjust, until now you seemed to have kept that man safe in your bosom, who through your gift had won such reverence that—a thing that has fallen to few—his good fortune escaped all envy.
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in the voice of Marcia
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Consolation to Marcia Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 2 neutral 2 citations · 3 passages
This is a direct speech act Seneca scripts for Marcia (or any prepared person) to say aloud in defiance of Fortune, marked clearly as quoted words.
“You will not deceive me, Fortune, nor catch me off guard or careless.
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in the voice of Dio
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Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 neutral 1 citation
Dio directly apostrophizes Fortune ('But for myself, O Fortune...') as a speech act addressed to her, framing the ensuing catalogue.
But for myself, O Fortune—for it is to you, perhaps, that the speech might justly be addressed—if someone were to raise me on high and carry me aloft upon the back of some Pegasus, or upon the winged chariot of Pelops, spreading out beneath me the whole earth and its cities, I would not choose the luxury of the Lydians, nor the frugality of Attica, nor the poverty of Laconia, nor Croton—for they a …
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in the voice of Fortune
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On Tranquillity of Mind Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 neutral 1 citation
Fortune is given direct speech, taunting the fearful and praising the courageous who do not flinch.
That fortune, who makes games for her own amusement, says:
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