Zoe and Theodora part 24
She bewitched me, at any rate, when, as often happened, she would ply me with questions about the Greek myths and add a point...
Zoe and Theodora part 25
The younger sister (Theodora) daily gloated over her collection of darics, for which she had had bronze coffers made. Knowing their hobbies, therefore, the...
Zoe and Theodora part 14
32. No man was better endowed by Nature with qualities that endeared him to his subjects. He was a good mixer, winning everyone’s affections...
Zoe and Theodora part 30
It is universally true that wherever the fine bloom of natural fertility, or of stoutheartedness and courage, or of any other good quality, wherever...
Zoe and Theodora part 46
110. As no favourable reply was forthcoming from the persons to whom these remarks had been addressed — actually they poured forth a torrent...
Zoe and Theodora part 62
He calculated that there was no difficulty in murdering the emperor, and secondly, he himself had the keys to the secret entrances: he had...
Zoe and Theodora part 78
187. It was not merely the exceptional beauty of the whole, composed as it was of most beautiful parts, but just as much the...
Zoe and Theodora part 15
I soon mastered the rhetoric enough to be able to distinguish the central theme of an argument and logically connect it with my main...
Zoe and Theodora part 31
77. I have seen this man myself, and I wondered at him, for nature had bestowed on him all the attributes of a man...
Zoe and Theodora part 47
112. The emperor, after he had recovered his self-composure, thought it would be disgraceful if he did not get together some soldiers to oppose...
