Sentence examples for ancient writer from inspiring English sources

No ancient writer ever wrote that he had done so.

Unfortunately, one ancient writer, Pausanias, puts him in the 8th century, while Herodotus puts him in the 6th.

Another ancient writer, Diodorus, says of him that "he informed his marble figures with the passions of the soul".

He lived in a palace, and a visitor was amused to find it contained a statue of Philemon, an ancient writer famous for being money-grubbing.

But for all that, it is less a critical study than an attempt to enlist the ancient writer as an ally for the modern theologian.

In his hugely influential Latin treatise on building, this ancient writer set out the principles of classical design that were revived in Renaissance Italy: columns and pediments, harmony and proportion.

Even ancient writers knew that.

The name Mesopotamia has been used with varying connotations by ancient writers.

Other ancient writers who mention Scandinavia are Ptolemy, Jordanes, and Procopius.

Of all ancient writers Paul was the most powerful spokesman for equality.

A few of his other works, described by ancient writers, survive in Roman copies.