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== [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | == [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Quintus, Curtius Rufus}}'''. Latin historical writer whose date is very uncertain, as no ancient writer makes mention of him; he may {{Page aside|380}}have flourished in the Augustan age. Known for his work, ''Historiarum Alexandra Magni Macedonis'' (History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia), originally divided into ten books, some of which have been lost. This work is rather romantic than historical. Quintus is an interesting writer, but, as a critical historian, he is below mediocrity. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Quintus, Curtius Rufus}}'''. Latin historical writer whose date is very uncertain, as no ancient writer makes mention of him; he may {{Page aside|380}}have flourished in the Augustan age. Known for his work, ''Historiarum Alexandra Magni Macedonis'' (History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia), originally divided into ten books, some of which have been lost. This work is rather romantic than historical. Quintus is an interesting writer, but, as a critical historian, he is below mediocrity. | ||
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|detail = vol. 5, pp. 379-380 | |detail = vol. 5, pp. 379-380 | ||
|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#379 | |link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#379 | ||
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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Quintus, Curtius Rufus}}'''. Ref. is most likely to his ''Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonia'', Loeb Classical Library. | |||
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|author=Boris de Zirkoff | |||
|title=H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings | |||
|detail=vol. 11, p. 587 | |||
|link=Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#587 | |||
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