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Quotation from The Alexiad by Anna Komnene
“For I was there myself by order of my mistress to adjudge the physicians’ arguments, and I heard all they said and for my part agreed with Callicles’ proposals.”
The Alexiad, Book XV, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes
During an earlier attack of her father's illness, the physicians disagree about purging him; the majority overrule Callicles.
Citation: "For I was there myself by order of my mistress to adjudge the physicians’ arguments, and I heard all they said and for my part agreed with Callicles’ proposals." — Anna Komnene, The Alexiad, Book XV, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes. (id anna-komnene-alexiad-q8)
Portrait: Anna Komnene (cropped), Unknown, Public domain.
