The Histories
quoted 3 times by 3 works · held by the library
Most often carried — quoted as a source. 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.
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Lucullus Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 citation
This corresponds to the citation of the unspecified historians, required to have a matching citation_quote event.
But since I have learned that Marcus Cato learned Greek letters in his old age, and since the histories tell us that of Publius Africanus, on that famous embassy which he undertook before his censorship, Panaetius was the one and only companion, I need seek no further authority either for Greek letters or for philosophy.
book 1 ¶ -
Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 endorsed 1 citation
Cites and characterizes Herodotus's history as recommended reading for repose and cheerfulness.
With Herodotus, then, if ever you have need of cheerfulness, you will consort with much repose.
oration 88 ¶ -
The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 citation
Represents the passage's invocation of Polybius's The Histories as cited authority.
But though there is an actual distinction between the justifiable causes, the pretexts, and the beginning of war;
ch. 11 ¶
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