| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 7.41 | Plin. Nat. 7.42 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 7.43 |
During the whole course of ages, we find only one woman, and that, Lampido, the Lacedæmonian, who was the daughter of a king, the wife of a king, and the mother of a king. [Note]
Berenice was the only woman who was daughter, sister, and mother of conquerors in the Olympian games, [Note] The family of the Curios [Note] has been the only one to produce three orators in succession; that of the Fabii alone has given three chiefs of the senate in succession, Fabius Ambustus, his son Fabius Rullianus, and his grandson Quintus Fabius Gurges. [Note]
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 7.41 | Plin. Nat. 7.42 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 7.43 |
