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Diodorus Siculus
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“He [King Philip] wanted as many Greeks as possible to take part in the festivities in honour of the gods, and so planned brilliant musical contests and lavish banquets for his friends and guests. Out of all Greece he summoned his personal guest-friends and ordered the members of his court to bring along as many as they could of their acquaintances from abroad.”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 16.91.5-6, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 91
“Every seat in the theatre was taken when Philip appeared wearing a white cloak, and by his express orders his bodyguard held away from him and followed only at a distance, since he wanted to show publicly that he was protected by the goodwill of all the Greeks, and had no need of a guard of spearmen.”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 16.93.1, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 95
“Such was the end of Philip [II, king of Macedonia] ... He had ruled twenty-four years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes [Greeks], while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 16.95.1-2, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 101
“After this Alexander left Dareius's mother, his daughters, and his son in Susa, providing them with persons to teach them the Greek language, and marching on with his army on the fourth day reached the Tigris River.”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 17.67.1, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 309
“Alexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns. ... The hooves of the horses had been worn thin by steady marching. The arms and armour were wearing out, and the Greek clothing was quite gone. They had to clothe themselves in materials of the barbarians,...”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 17.94.1-2, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 391
“Since temperateness of climate is destroyed by the excessive cold, the land produces neither wine nor oil, and as a consequence those Gauls who are deprived of these fruits make a drink out of barley which they call zythos or beer, and they also drink the water with which they cleanse their honeycombs. The Gauls are exceedingly addicted to the use of wine and fill themselves with the wine which is brought into their country by merchants, drinking it unmixed, and since they partake of this drink without moderation by reason of their craving for it, when they are drunken they fall into a stupor or a state of madness. Consequently many of the Italian traders, induced by the love of money which characterizes them, believe that the love of wine of these Gauls is their own godsend [lit. 'gift of Hermes']. For these transport the wine on the navigable rivers by means of boats and through the level plain on wagons, and receive for it an incredible price; for in exchange for a jar of wine they receive a slave, getting a servant in return for the drink.”
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Recorded in: 5.26, translated by C. H. Oldfather, LCL 340 (1939), p. 167
“The Gauls are tall of body, with rippling muscles, and white of skin, and their hair is blond, and not only naturally so, but they also make it their practice by artificial means to increase the distinguishing colour which nature has given it. For they are always washing their hair in lime-water, and they pull it back from the forehead to the top of the head and back to the nape of the neck, with the result that their appearance is like that of Satyrs and Pans, since the treatment of their hair makes it so heavy and coarse that it differs in no respect from the mane of horses. Some of them shave the beard, but others let it grow a little; and the nobles shave their cheeks, but they let the moustache grow until it covers the mouth. Consequently, when they are eating, their moustaches become entangled in the food, and when they are drinking, the beverage passes, as it were, through a kind of a strainer.”
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Recorded in: 5.28, translated by C. H. Oldfather, LCL 340 (1939), p. 170. Τοῖσδε σαρξὶ κάθυγροι καὶ λευκοί. Compare: Συναγανακτοῦντες τοῖς ἀδικεῖσθαι δοκοῦσιν ἀεὶ τῶν πλησίον.—Strabo, iv. 195 · Ὑπό τε ἱδρῶτος καὶ ἄσθματος, ὅπου τι δ…