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Diodorus Siculus, books 11-12.37.1 : Greek history 480-431 B.C., the alternative version / Diodorus, Siculus ; translated, with introduction and commentary, by Peter Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diodorus, Siculus
- Standardized Title:
- Bibliotheca historica. Book 11-12. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 312 pages) : maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A new English translation of Diodorus' history of the Greek world during the Periclean era, and an iconoclastic reappraisal of this undervalued historian by one of the world's leading Classicists.
- Contents:
- Diodorus Siculus: life and background The Bibliotheke I: composition, antecedents, influences The Bibliotheke II: aims, achievements, criticism The Persian Wars and the Pentekontaetia Translation and commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 11: 480-451 B.C.E Translation and commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 12.1.1-12.37.1: 450-431 B.C.E Appendix A: The terminal date of the Bibliotheke Appendix B: Athenian losses in the Egyptian campaign
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-79587-4
- OCLC:
- 614468092
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