Composition, antecedents, influences the bibliotheke ii. Diodorus siculus describes a great seismic upheaval in 1250 bc which caused radical topographical changes from the gulf of gabes to the atlantic. Diodorus covers a lot of ground from the period before the trojan war to julius caesars gallic campaigns. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He quotes an earlier greek author who visited egypt and wrote about it, namely hecataeus of miletus 6th c. Diodorus siculus was a sicilian greek historian who lived from 90 to 21 bc. Index page to greek text and translation of diodorus siculus, books 33 40.
Nonjonas out there should know that he did a fair chunk of the work himself. Even so, diodorus siculus or diodoros siculos to his greek contemporaries, left a wealth of writings which have added to our knowledge of sicily and the eastern mediterranean during the roman age. The writers of alexanders historian were roman citizens. Diodorus siculus, bibliotheca historica, books xviiixx, book 19. The loeb diodorus is based on teubners greek text edited in late 19th century, and it also.
He was said to have been the son of belos, or bel, and to have conquered in 17 years all of western asia with the help of ariaeus, king of arabia. Diodorus siculus, library, book xvii, chapter 19, section 6. Fully preserved are books iv and xixx, which cover egyptian, mesopotamian, indian, scythian, arabian, and north african history and parts of greek and roman history. Hercules who penetrated so far, the indians tell us, was a native of their country. Diodorus siculuss most popular book is library of history, volume i.
Out of an original 40 books only books 15 and 1120 survive intact. Contents preface abbreviations introduction diodorus siculus. Diodorus siculus as depicted in a 19thcentury fresco. Diordorus siculus quotes 1 science quotes dictionary. Translation and commentary, diodorus siculus bibliotheke book 12. Full text of a commentary on herodotus internet archive. 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.
The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of troy, arranged geographically, describing regions around the world from egypt, india and arabia to europe. Project muse diodorus siculus and the first century. Greek history, 480431 bcthe alternative version translated with introduction and commentary by peter green 2006. Lacuscurtius diodorus siculus book xix chapters 73. Also, many pronouns and especially greek words are not quite working yet. The primary sources of alexander that we now have were written during the zenith of the roman empire. A commentary volume 1 of diodorus siculus volume 1 of diodorus siculus. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and. Diodorus siculus, library of history, volume ix loeb classical.
He was born during the first century bc at agyrium. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of troy, arranged geographically, describing regions. Click on the g symbols to go to the greek text of the fragments. I hope the end of your trip went as well as the rest of it seems to have gone. Diodorus siculus, library, book xiii, contents of the. No one came to pass to plead to the three spinning sisters. Aims, achievements, criticism the persian wars and the pentekontaetia translation and commentary, diodorus siculus bibliotheke book 11. Ive just completed putting the first 17 books of diodorus library of history online at lacus. Of this we have complete books i v egyptians, assyrians, ethiopians, greeks and books xi xx greek history 480 302. Diodorus siculus or diodorus of sicily was an ancient greek historian. Jaxon saunders history 499 senior thesis june, 2011. Konig 1972 is an excellent edition of these excerpts.
English translation only, no greek, about 2000 pages of print. Diodorus siculus, book 37 fragments covering the period 91 88 b. Science quotes by diordorus siculus 1 quote medicine for the soul. For that reason his book is divided into three sections. Delphi complete works of diodorus siculus illustrated by. Diodorus siculus, greek historian of agyrium in sicily, ca. Greek historian who wrote 40 books, comprising the historical library, describing the world as known in his time. Neha samtani bibliography other writings diodoro siculo. Bibliotheca historica is a work of universal history by diodorus siculus. The commentary on books iiv, with the corresponding appendixes, has been written by mr. Stuttgart 18311839 buch 110, buch 1114, buch 1518, buch 19 40. Most words work fine, but words with irregular forms might have problems.
Contents of the thirteenth book of diodorus chapter 1. Table of contents for diodorus siculus, books 1112. He is particularly worshipped by the suraseni shurasena, who have two great cities, methora mathura and cleisoborus surapura, and the navigable river jobares yamuna, passes through their territories. Inscription over the door of the library at thebes. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Bc, author of a survey of the earth ges periodes that is now lost. Yet this important historian has been consistently denigrated as a mere copyist who slavishly reproduced the works of earlier historians without understanding what he was. Diodorus siculus has 81 books on goodreads with 57 ratings. See table of contents for some information about how this translation has been produced, and key to translations for an explanation of the format. Of this we have complete books iv egyptians, assyrians, ethiopians, greeks and books xixx greek history 480. Bradford welles translator and a great selection of related. Delphi complete works of diodorus siculus illustrated ebook written by diodorus siculus. Lacuscurtius diodorus siculus book xix chapters 10. Start studying ciceros first catilinarian oration, ll.
Books by diodorus siculus author of library of history. There is still some debate as to the nature of the ligurian language. Buy bibliotheca historica by siculus, diodorus, dindorf, ludovic isbn. The greek historian diodorus siculus composed the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica, which comprises the mythic history of the nonhellenic and hellenic tribes.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read delphi complete works of diodorus siculus illustrated. The second covers the time from the trojan war to the death of alexander the great. Diodorus siculus diodorus, siculus the online books page. Jeanbaptiste rousseau 16711741 was a wellknown poet, sometimes referred to as the great rousseau to distinguish him from the subsequently more famous philosopher jeanjacques rousseau, to whom he was not related. The historical library of diodorus the sicilian, in fifteen books london. He wrote, a world history in 40 books, ending it near the time of his death with caesars gallic wars. Diodorus siculus diodorus, siculus a wikipedia article about this author is available diodorus, siculus. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The first six books treated the mythic history of the nonhellenic and hellenic tribes to the. Diodorus siculus, bibliotheca historica, books iv, book 1. Book 37 of diodorus siculus historical library, translated into english. Their forefathers had been banished out the history of. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections.
Diodorus siculus, 6 books anne burton, 2 books alessandra scarpa bonazza buora, 1 book n. He is known for writing the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 bc. Although they were ethnically greek, they were separated from their subject by hundreds of years. His work has been characterised as uncritical but we are reasonably certain of some details. Cuvier saw that the key to understanding fossils was to relate their bones to animals currently known. Diodoros sikeliotes or diodorus of sicily was a greek historian. Ancient history, history, early works to 1800, world history, kings 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. Diodorus siculus, bibliotheca historica, books xviiixx immanuel bekker, ludwig dindorf, friedrich vogel, kurt theodor fischer, immanel bekker, ed. The ethnography of western asia minor and the lydian history of.