Re: Instances of divine retribution in Hellenistic historiography

Polybius has King Philip V of Macedon suffering in old age the vengeance of
the Divine for his oppressive and tyrannical  misdeeds when a younger
ruler.  See Walbank JHS 1938.

Art

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM Kenneth Litwak <[email protected]>
wrote:

> After spending many  hours looking for information myself, I have a
> question for list members. I am looking for two or three good examples in
> Hellenistic historiography of one or more deities visiting punishment upon
> a person or city for impiety, wickedness, hubris, etc.later than Herodotus.
> Thucycides and Polybius are not good resources. I read a work that cited
> places in Xenophon's Hellenica that would have what I am after but I did
> not see what I was looking for at 7.5 or 5.4.1. Perhaps I'm missing the
> structure of the Hellenica. Be that as it may, I'd appreciate suggestions
> for primary sources for such events. I'm not looking for secondary
> literature, which is good because my search for those yielding only a book
> I already own and was trying to work from. I just need two clear,
> illustrative  examples. Any suggestions? I'm not unwilling to look through
> the indexes of various Loeb volumes but I could burn a lot of time on works
> taht are irrelevant. Most of my reading in Hellenistic historiography has
> focused ont he prefaces and Lucian's On Writing History. Thanks.
>
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