Farrington, Scott Thomas (February 2015). "A Likely Story: Rhetoric and the Determination of Truth in Polybius's Histories."Histos 9: 29-66. (p. 40): "Polybius begins his history proper with the 140th Olympiad because accounts of the remote past amount to hearsay and do not allow for safe judgements (διαλήψεις) and assertions (ἀποφάσεις) regarding the course of events.... he can relate events he saw himself, or he can use the testimony of eyewitnesses. ([footnote 34:] Pol. 4.2.2: ἐξ οὗ συμβαίνει τοῖς μὲν αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς παραγεγονέναι, τὰ δὲ παρὰ τῶν ἑωρακότων ἀκηκοέναι.)" [archive URLs: 1 (full text), 2 (abstract & journal citation)]
Burke, Peter (1966). "A Survey of the Popularity of Ancient Historians, 1450-1700". History and Theory. 5 (2). History and Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2: 135–152 [141]. doi:10.2307/2504511. JSTOR2504511.
Burke, Peter (1966). "A Survey of the Popularity of Ancient Historians, 1450-1700". History and Theory. 5 (2). History and Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2: 135–152 [139]. doi:10.2307/2504511. JSTOR2504511.
Burke, Peter (1966). "A Survey of the Popularity of Ancient Historians, 1450-1700". History and Theory. 5 (2). History and Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2: 135–152 [141]. doi:10.2307/2504511. JSTOR2504511.
Burke, Peter (1966). "A Survey of the Popularity of Ancient Historians, 1450-1700". History and Theory. 5 (2). History and Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2: 135–152 [139]. doi:10.2307/2504511. JSTOR2504511.
Farrington, Scott Thomas (February 2015). "A Likely Story: Rhetoric and the Determination of Truth in Polybius's Histories."Histos 9: 29-66. (p. 40): "Polybius begins his history proper with the 140th Olympiad because accounts of the remote past amount to hearsay and do not allow for safe judgements (διαλήψεις) and assertions (ἀποφάσεις) regarding the course of events.... he can relate events he saw himself, or he can use the testimony of eyewitnesses. ([footnote 34:] Pol. 4.2.2: ἐξ οὗ συμβαίνει τοῖς μὲν αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς παραγεγονέναι, τὰ δὲ παρὰ τῶν ἑωρακότων ἀκηκοέναι.)" [archive URLs: 1 (full text), 2 (abstract & journal citation)]