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Quotation from The Alexiad by Anna Komnene
“as I am writing history, it is not correct to deduce her character from her descent and ancestors, but from her disposition and virtue”
The Alexiad, Book III, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes
Anna declines to write a conventional panegyric of her grandmother Anna Dalassena and turns instead to her deeds and government.
Citation: "as I am writing history, it is not correct to deduce her character from her descent and ancestors, but from her disposition and virtue" — Anna Komnene, The Alexiad, Book III, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes. (id anna-komnene-alexiad-q3)
Portrait: Anna Komnene (cropped), Unknown, Public domain.
