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Diodorus Siculus

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Diodorus Siculus

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Also known as Diodorus, Diodorus of Sicily, Diodoros, Diodoros of Sicily

1st-century BC Greek historian

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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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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Occupation
mythographer
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
Notable work
Bibliotheca historica
Field of work
history
Image
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Work location
Sicily
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date of death
0020-00-00
Commons category
Diodorus Siculus
date of birth
0090-01-01
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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Diodorus Siculus
writing language
Ancient Greek
name in native language
Diodorus Siculus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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