Bibliograph

Library of history, Diodorus of Sicily ; general index by Russel M. Geer

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Library of history, Diodorus of Sicily ; general index by Russel M. Geer

Language

eng

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non fiction

Main title

Library of history

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

903198770

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Diodorus of Sicily ; general index by Russel M. Geer

Series statement

Loeb classical library online

Summary

Diodorus' Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE. Books 1-5 and 11-20 survive complete, the rest in fragments., 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. Of this we have complete Books I-V (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books XI-XX (Greek history 480-302 BCE); and fragments of the rest. He was an uncritical compiler, but used good sources and reproduced them faithfully. He is valuable for details unrecorded elsewhere, and as evidence for works now lost, especially writings of Ephorus, Apollodorus, Agatharchides, Philistus, and Timaeus. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diodorus Siculus is in twelve volumes--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

v. I. Books 1-2.34 / with an English translation by C.H. Oldfather -- v. II. Books 2.35-4.58 / with an English translation by C.H. Oldfather -- v. III. Books 4.59-8 / with an English translation by C.H. Oldfather -- v. IV. Books 9-12.40 / with an English translation by C.H. Oldfather -- v. V. Books 12.41-13 / with an English translation by C.H. Oldfather -- v. VI. Books 14-15.19 / with an English translation by C.H. Oldfather -- v. VII. Books 15.20-16.65 / with an English translation by Charles L. Sherman -- v. VIII. Books 16.66-17 / with an English translation by C. Bradford Welles -- v. IX. Books 18-19.65 / with an English translation by Russel M. Geer -- v. X. Books 19.66-20 / with an English translation by Russel M. Geer -- v. XI. Fragments of books 21-32 / with an English translation by Francis R. Walton -- v. XII. Fragments of books 33-40 / with an English translation by Francis R. Walton

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