Diodorus Siculus
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Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian from the 1st century BC who wrote a massive universal history covering events from mythical times to his own era. His works survive in fragments today but remain valuable because they preserve accounts of ancient peoples and events that would otherwise be lost to us.
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- Diodor's von Sicilien Geschichts-Bibliothek
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- Les fragments de l'histoire des Gracques dans la Bibliotheèque de Diodore de Sicile
- Diodōrou tou Sikeliōtou bibliothēkēs historikēs ta leipsana
- Bibliothèque historique de Diodorre de Sicile
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Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Ancient Greek: Διόδωρος, romanized: Diódōros; fl. 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica, in forty books, fifteen of which survive intact, between 60 and 30 BC. The history is arranged in three parts. 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. The second covers the time from the Trojan War to the death of Alexander the Great. The third covers the period to about 60 BC. Bibliotheca, meaning 'library', acknowledges that he was drawing on the work of many other authors.
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