The surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate
A) his following of Thucydides in seeking rational motives for historical events.
B) his focus on the growth of the Greek city-states from their origins to their collapse.
C) the continued failure of ancient historians to find accurate, firsthand sources.
D) his reliance on the models of Herodotus and willingness to ascribe historical change to the intervention of gods.
E) his use of oral sources and myth to supplement non-written documents.
A
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