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Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Greek: Διόδωρος, translit. Diódōros ; fl. 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian . He is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica , in forty books, fifteen of which survive intact, [1] between 60 and 30 BC.
Diodorus Siculus (flourished 1st century bc, Agyrium, Sicily) was a Greek historian, the author of a universal history, Bibliothēkē (“Library”; known in Latin as Bibliotheca historica), that ranged from the age of mythology to 60 bc.
Jan 4, 2018 · Diodoros of Sicily (Diodorus Siculus), Library of History (Loeb Classical Library LCL in 10 volumes), with Greek and English translation by C.H. Oldfather. Public domain.
Dec 14, 2020 · Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (active 1st century BCE) was a Greek historian, known for his universal history Bibliotheca Historica. Originally, it was a 40-volume monumental work, covering the history of the Mediterranean region from mythical times to his own lifetime, around 60/59 BCE.
Feb 28, 2021 · Diodorus of Sicily in twelve volumes. Vol.1: Books I - II, 34 [Loeb 279] by Diodorus Siculus / Diodorus of Sicily (90-30 BCE); Oldfather, Charles Henry (1887-1954)
chapter: Book XVII. The Seventeenth Book of Diodorus: in Two Parts. Contents of Part One —How Alexander, having succeeded to the throne, disposed the affairs of his kingdom (chaps. 1-7). —How he recovered the tribes which revolted (chap. 8.1-2).
Aug 28, 2018 · Diodorus Siculus and the world of the late Roman Republic. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190498726.001.0001. Diodorus molded his material to reflect on the major issues of the Late Roman Republic even when writing about mythological times or far-away places. Palm, Jonas. 1955. Über Sprache und Stil des Diodoros von ...
Oct 20, 2022 · Diodorus Siculus wrote a universal history, a well-known genre, into which he introduced new criteria. Emphasizing especially its chronological and geographical scope, he resolved that a universal history should begin with the ancient mythologies and end in the author’s own day, covering the entire inhabited world.
Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80–20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE.
chapter: Click on a word to bring up parses, dictionary entries, and frequency statistics. τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν Διοδώρου βίβλων. προοίμιον τῖς ὅλης πραγματείας. περὶ τῶν παρ᾽ Αἰγυπτίοις λεγομένων περὶ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεως. περὶ τῶν ὅσοι πόλεις ἔκτισαν κατ᾽ Αἴγυπτον. περὶ τῶν πρώτων γενομένων ἀνθρώπων καὶ τοῦ παλαιοτάτου βίου.
