While recent research helps confirm the testimony of ancient authors, little press is given to such studies. (cancertutor.com)
As a schoolboy classicist, brightest of his peers, he graded ancient authors as if competitors with him for academic prizes: Thucydides «desperately dull and tedious,» Plato and Horace «charming,» Homer a «giant.» (firstthings.com)
It is common for ancient authors to refer to beheading and the sword even when many of those they are speaking of were executed by other means. (firstthings.com)