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Œuvres de Diodoro Sículo

Complete Works of Diodorus Siculus (2014) 17 exemplaires
Library (Greek) 13 exemplaires
La rivolta degli schiavi in Sicilia — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Bibliotheca historica 2 exemplaires
DIODORO SICULO. LIBRI XIX-XX (2021) 1 exemplaire
Historische Bibliothek (2014) 1 exemplaire
Sicilia Delenda Est (1999) 1 exemplaire
Diodorus on Egypt (1985) 1 exemplaire
Historia Graeci 1 exemplaire
Library, 2 volumes 1 exemplaire
Bibliothéké 1 exemplaire
Diodorus Siculus VII 1 exemplaire

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Nom canonique
Diodorus Siculus
Nom légal
Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης
Autres noms
Diodorus of Sicily
Date de naissance
c. 1st Century BCE
Date de décès
c. 1st Century BCE
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Roman Empire
Lieux de résidence
Agyrium, Sicily
Professions
author
Courte biographie
Diodorus of Sicily was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium (present-day Agira). He flourished in the 1st century BCE, and is known for his "Bibliotheca historica," a universal history of forty books, of which 1–5 and 11–20 are extant.

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I only read the books on Philip of Macedon. Diodorus's history is chock-a-block with wars, alliances, betrayals. Philip's starts out with a massive military defeat but then, due to his indefatigable, charismatic leadership, political and military genius, and (probably) luck, turns into a long string of wins and consolidations in Macedonia. Alliances with Athens, Sparta, and other city states to the south set the stage for Alexander. Diodorus himself is a lucid, capable historian dealing with facts, not legends. This makes it all the stranger that war and turmoil take up almost the whole of his narrative. Those were evidently violent times.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Cr00 | Apr 1, 2023 |
"in Antient history Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus Siculus, Cornelius Nepos, Livy, Sallust, Caesar, Tacitus form such a body as the Student would easily fill up in the after-portions of his [the Latin and Greek teacher's] life." - Thomas Jefferson to Jason Chamberlain, 1 Jul. 1814 [PTJ:RS 7:447-448]

"In all cases I prefer original author to compilers. for a course of Antient history therefore, of Greece and Rome especially, I should advise the usual suite of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus, Livy, Caesar, Suetonius, Tacitus and Dion, in their originals, if understood, and in translations if not." - Thomas Jefferson to George W. Lewis, 25 Oct. 1825… (plus d'informations)
 
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ThomasJefferson | 1 autre critique | Jul 23, 2014 |
"in Antient history Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus Siculus, Cornelius Nepos, Livy, Sallust, Caesar, Tacitus form such a body as the Student would easily fill up in the after-portions of his [the Latin and Greek teacher's] life." - Thomas Jefferson to Jason Chamberlain, 1 Jul. 1814 [PTJ:RS 7:447-448]

"In all cases I prefer original author to compilers. for a course of Antient history therefore, of Greece and Rome especially, I should advise the usual suite of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus, Livy, Caesar, Suetonius, Tacitus and Dion, in their originals, if understood, and in translations if not." - Thomas Jefferson to George W. Lewis, 25 Oct. 1825… (plus d'informations)
 
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ThomasJefferson | 1 autre critique | Jul 23, 2014 |
Early Greek history (480 - 302 BC). Fun stuff if you like that sort of thing, (which I do).
 
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JVioland | Jul 14, 2014 |

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