| Library of History, Volume XI: Fragments of Books 21-32 Contributor(s): Diodorus Siculus (Author), Walton, Francis R. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674994507 ISBN-13: 9780674994508 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Published: January 1957 Annotation: Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80- 20 BC, 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 BC); history to 54 BC. Of this we have complete Books I- V (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books XI- XX (Greek history 480- 302 BC); 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 888.9 |
| Series: Loeb Classical Library |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 4.49" W x 6.69" (0.70 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walton, Francis R.: - Francis Redding Walton (1910-1989) taught at Florida State University and the University of Chicago and was Director of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. |
