text: This man's attempt at securing restitution of the lost property of some hostages led another politician to compare him to Ulysses, who wanted to re-enter the cave of the Cyclops to fetch his belt and cap.
full_question: This man's attempt at securing restitution of the lost property of some hostages led another politician to compare him to Ulysses, who wanted to re-enter the cave of the Cyclops to fetch his belt and cap. He included a diatribe against Timaeus of Tauromenium in a treatise that relies on Timaeus for his account of Sicily. Late in life, he accompanied a general to Spain and witnessed the Numantine War, on which he wrote a now-lost monograph. In Book IV of his surviving work, he describes the structure of the Roman maniples, which is why the Roman army is sometimes named for him. In his early life, this Arcadian citizen of the Achaean League was taken hostage by Rome and made a tutor to Scipio Aemilianus, who he accompanied during the sack of Carthage. Only five out of forty volumes survive of his major work, which describes the Roman Republic as a superpower. For 10 points, name this second century B.C.E. Greek author of the Histories.
first_sentence: This man's attempt at securing restitution of the lost property of some hostages led another politician to compare him to Ulysses, who wanted to re-enter the cave of the Cyclops to fetch his belt and cap.
raw_answer: Polybius