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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.
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).
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.
Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.
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 ...
Jan 18, 2012 · In the following excerpt from his Library of History, Book XVI, chapter 14, the historian Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE) chronicles the famous Battle of Chaeronia of 338 BCE, in which Phillip II of Macedon, his son Alexander and their allies defeated the Greek forces of Athens and Thebes resulting in the unification of the Greek city ...
Three important forces or historical patterns help to shape Diodorus’s narrative: benefit, chance, and the decline of empires. As with his prooemia, it is usually argued that Diodorus simply took these ideas from his sources without considering their contemporary relevance or internal consistencies.
