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Summary:

"Diodoros of Sicily lived and worked in the last century before Christ (c.90-c.30 or c.20). He witnessed the rise of Rome to supremacy, the eclipse of Greek empires in the east, and the unification of the inhabited world (the oikoumene) under Roman dominance, especially through the conquests of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. At some point in his life Diodoros conceived the ambition of writing a history of the world from its mythical beginnings to his own day. For that purpose he read and studied the works of his great predecessors in historiography, Herodotos, Thucydides, Xenophon, Ephoros, Theopompos, Polybios, Poseidonios and many lesser known authors. Over thirty years of labour he produced an encyclopedic compendium of world history in 40 books, which he called the Library (Bibliotheke). Writing in the dying days of Greek historiography, he was uniquely positioned to survey and summarise the continuum of history"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• volume 1. Books 14-15: The Greek world in the fourth century BC from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the death of Artaxerxes II (Mnemon)

Author/Creator:

Diodorus, Siculus , author

Contributors:

Harding, Phillip , translator, writer of introduction

Languages:

English
Latin
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

In English; translated from Latin and Greek.

Main Work:

Bibliotheca historica [by Diodorus, Siculus] > Book 14-20 (English)

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Bibliotheke historike [by Diodorus, S.] (New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021]- — ISBN 9781108580557; LCCN 2021012622)

Subjects:

History, Ancient — Early works to 1800

History, Ancient

Genres:

Early works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

volumes

Call Numbers:

PA3965.D4 E5 2021

ISBNs:

9781108706346 (v.1, paperback)
1108706347 (v.1, paperback)
9781108499279 (v.1, hardback)
1108499279 (v.1, hardback)
9781108580557 (v.1, ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021012621

OCLC Numbers:

1245957007