Diodorus siculus, greek historian of agyrium in sicily, ca. Contents of the thirteenth book of diodorus chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24 chapter 25. Arguing for a thorough critical reappraisal of diodorus as a minor but far from idiotic historian himself, peter green published diodorus siculus, books 1112. Diodorus of sicily loeb classical library volume 12 of diodorus of sicily in twelve volumes, charles henry oldfather diodorus of sicily, charles henry oldfather volume 12 of diodorus of sicily.
Homer, iliad book 22 theoi classical texts library. Diodorus siculus, greek historian, the author of a universal history, bibliotheke library. Diodorus the sicilian, usually called diodorus siculus, was a contemporary of caesar and augustushe seems to have made it the business of his life to write an universal history from the earliest down to his. Diodoros sikeliotes was a greek historian, who wrote works of history between 60 and 30 bc. Diodorus siculus, library, book xiii, contents of the. In this extensive work, diodorus writes about the mythological history of people groups, including the cultures of ancient egypt, mesopotamia, india, scythia, arabia, north africa, greece, and europe. Diodorus siculus, library, book xvi, contents of the.
Indeed, as the notes say, diodorus repeats the story in book xviii. A commentary volume 1 of diodorus siculus volume 1 of diodorus siculus. In book iv, diodorus discusses the history of the argonauts in rationalizing style. Citations in classics and ancient history the most common style in use in the field of classical studies is the authordate style, also known as chicago 2, but mla is also quite common and perfectly acceptable. He wrote, a world history in 40 books, ending it near the time of his death with caesars gallic wars, entitled bibliotheca historica historical library. Diodorus siculus, the library of history, books ii. Diodoros sikeliotes or diodorus of sicily was a greek historian. Diodorus siculus, book 36 fragments covering the period 104 98 b. Homer, iliad book 20 theoi classical texts library. Diodorus lived in the time of julius caesar and augustus, and his own statements make it clear that he traveled in. Diodorus siculus and the first century by kenneth s. Contents of the sixteenth book of diodorus chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24 chapter 25. Greek and english on opposite pages imprint varies.
The above quotations from diodorus comes from my loeb edition. On the ethiopians who dwell beyond libya and their antiquities book iii, chaps. He also purified alcmaeon for the murder of his mother. According to the scholia to iliad book 12 mentioned above when zeus brought europa to crete, he gave her as wife to asterion, the king of crete, while the mythographers diodorus siculus and apollodorus tells us that europa married asterius, who adopted her three sons minos, sarpedon and rhadamanthus. Diodorus siculus or diodorus of sicily was a greek historian.
Murray 1 so by the beaked ships around thee, o son of peleus, insatiate of fight, the achaeans arrayed them for battle. Diodorus siculus was a sicilian greek histo rian who lived from 90 to 21 bc. Diodorus siculus sources for the three slave revolts sicily 6 2 bc. In so great a work there is not to be discerned the least flaw, or any other blemish. Diodorus siculus simple english wikipedia, the free. At the very end of book xv, in a passage demonstrably of diodoruss own composition, he announces that in the next book he will include all the achievements of philip until his death, encompassing also the other events in the known parts of the world xv 95. Author of bibliotheca historica, diodorus of sicily, diodorus siculus, bibliothecae historicae libri qui supersunt, e recensione petri wesselingii, cum interpretatione latina laur. Of this we have complete books iv egyptians, assyrians, ethiopians, greeks and books xixx greek. It is arranged geographically, describing regions around the world including egypt, india, arabia, greece and. At the time that dionysius was besieging rhegium, the celts who had their homes in the regions beyond the alps streamed through the passes in great strength and seized the territory that lay between the apennine mountains and the alps, expelling the tyrrhenians who dwelt there. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
Page 53 this piece is not only commendable for its greatness, but admirable for its cut and workmanship, and the excellency of the stone. There, it is the isaurians in pisidia who, seeing that they have no chance of breaking perdiccas siege, burn their families alive in their homes. See table of contents for some information about how this translation has been produced, and key to translations for an explanation of the format. Diodorus siculus was a greek historian from sicily whose sole suriving work, the historial library, aimed to relate the mytholoy and history of the whole world. Ancient history, history, early works to 1800, world history, kings and. In his writings, diodorus is clear that the ancient macedonians were a distinct nation, not related to any of the balkan peoples greeks. The greek historian diodorus siculus composed the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica, which comprises the mythic history of the nonhellenic and hellenic tribes.
The ancient greek historian diodorus wrote much of the history of macedonia from the times of philip ii and alexander the great up to the last macedonian king perseus. Diodorus sicily english translation c h oldfather, used. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of troy, arranged geographically, describing regions. When sicily, after the carthaginian collapse, had enjoyed sixty years of good fortune in all respects, the servile war broke out for the following reason. He is known for writing the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 bc. The notes there state that appian tells the same story of xanthus, traditionally destroyed in this way three times it was something of a literary topos diodorus xvii. Smiths dictionary of greek and roman biography and mythology, vol 1, 1867, p. Throughout this website, the links to my book, reconstructing the shield of achilles, are affiliate links. He is known for writing the universal history bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 bc. Of this we have complete books i v egyptians, assyrians, ethiopians, greeks and books xi xx greek history. Diodorus great work spans the destruction of troy, the glories of alexander the great, the history and culture of ancient egypt and the near east and the. Written between 60 and 30 bc, diodorus siculus library of history relates significant topics in world history. He is known for the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica.
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