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\pɒlˈɪbɪəs], \pɒlˈɪbɪəs], \p_ɒ_l_ˈɪ_b_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A celebrated Greek historian; born at Megalopolis in Arcadia, 210 B. C., while much of Greece was still independent; died 127, after it had long been a province of Rome, and himself an admired companion of its conquerors. His work, "Histories", comprised 40 books, of which only the first five have come down to us complete: it was the author's purpose to write the history of "all the known regions of the civilized world which had fallen under the sway of Rome".
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].