DIODORUS SICULUS  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek historian, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Agyrium in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, lived in the times of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar and See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus . From his own statements we learn that he travelled in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt between 60–57 B.C. and that he spent several years in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . The latest event mentioned by him belongs to the See also:

• YEAR

year 21 B.C . He asserts that he devoted See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years to the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of his See also:

• HISTORY

history, and that he undertook frequent and dangerous journeys in See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical researches . These assertions, however, find little See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit with See also:

• RECENT

recent critics . The history, to which Diodorus gave the name 0OXuOitxrt iaropuci (Bibliotheca historica, " Historical Library "), consisted of See also:

• FORTY

forty books, and was divided into three parts . The first treats of the mythic history of the non-Hellenic, and afterwards of the Hellenic tribes, to the destruction of See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy; the second See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section ends with See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander's See also:

• DEATH

death; and the third continues the history as far as the beginning of Caesar's Gallic See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . Of this extensive See also:

• WORK

work there are still extant only the first five books, treating of the mythic history of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians and Greeks; and also the See also:

• FIRTH, CHARLES HARDING (1857– )
• FIRTH, MARK (1819-1880)

firth to the loth books inclusive, beginning with the second See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian War, and ending with the history of the successors of Alexander, previous to the See also:

• PARTITION

partition of the Macedonian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire (302) . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest exists only in fragments preserved in See also:

• PHOTIUS
• PHOTIUS (c. 82o-891)

Photius and the excerpts of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine Porphyrogenitus . The faults of Diodorus arise partly from the nature of the undertaking, and the awkward See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals into which he has thrown the historical portion of his narrative . He shows none of the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical faculties of the historian, merely setting down a number of unconnected details . His narrative contains frequent repetitions and contradictions, is without colouring, and monotonous; and his See also:

• SIMPLE

simple diction, which stands intermediate between pure See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic and the colloquial Greek of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, enables us to detect in the narrative the undigested fragments of the materials which he employed .

In spite of its defects, however, the Bibliotheca is of considerable value as to some extent supplying the loss of the See also:

• WORKS

works of older authors, from which it is compiled . Unfortunately, Diodorus does not always quote his authorities, but his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• SOURCES

sources of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information were—in history and See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology, See also:

• CASTOR

Castor, See also:

• EPHORUS (c. 400–330 B.C.)

Ephorus and See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus; in See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, See also:

• AGATHARCHIDES, or AGATHARCHUS

Agatharchides and See also:

• ARTEMIDORUS

Artemidorus . In See also:

• SPECIAL

special sections he followed special authorities—e.g. in the history of his native Sicily, See also:

• PHILISTUS

Philistus and See also:

• TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)

Timaeus . Editio princeps, by H . Stephanus (1559); of other See also:

• EDITIONS

editions the best are: P . Wesseling (1746), not yet superseded; L . See also:

• DINDORF, KARL WILHELM (1802-1883)

Dindorf (1828–1831) ; (See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text) L . Dindorf (1866–1868, revised by F . See also:

• VOGEL, EDUARD (1829-1856)
• VOGEL, SIR JULIUS (1835-1899)

Vogel, 1888–1893 and C . T . See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer, 1905-1906) . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard works on the sources of Diodorus are C .

G . See also:

• HEYNE, CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB (1729–1812)

Heyne, De fontibus et auctoribus historiarum Diodori, printed in Dindorf's edition, and C . A . Volquardsen, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Quellen der griechischen and sicilischen Geschichten bei Diodor (1868); A. von See also:

• MESS (an adaptation of O. Fr. mes, mod. mets; Ital. messo; derived from the Late Lat. missum, past participle of mittere " to send or place in position ")

Mess, Rheinisches Museum (1906); see also L . O . See also:

• BRUCKER, JOHANN JAKOB (1696—1770)

Brucker, Untersuchungen fiber Diodor (1879), See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, but containing much information; O . Maass, Kleitarch and Diodor (1894- ); G . J . See also:

• SCHNEIDER, JOHANN GOTTLOB (1750-1822)
• SCHNEIDER, LOUIS (1805-1878)

Schneider, De Diodori fontibus, i.-iv . (1880); C .