Bibliotheke historike, 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) / Diodoros of Sicily ; translated with introduction and notes by Phillip Harding, University of British Columbia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diodorus, Siculus, author.

Contributor:

Harding, Phillip, translator.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Standardized Title:

Bibliotheca historica. Book 14-20. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

History, Ancient.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

volumes : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021]-

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.

Contents:

V. 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)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Diodorus, Siculus. Bibliotheke historike

ISBN:

9781108499279

1108499279

9781108706346

1108706347

OCLC:

1245957007

Publisher Number:

99989607823