Lacuscurtius diodorus siculus book xvii chapters 40. Diodorus siculus, library, book xvi, contents of the. According to diodorus own work, he was born at agyrium in sicily now called agira. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restric. Diodorus was a sicilian who wrote a universal history sometime in the first century bc. Diodorus library of history takes up twelve volumes in the loeb series.
Bibliotheca historica is a work of universal history by diodorus siculus. He wrote a history of the world in 40 books which included large sections devoted to myth, legend and the unusual customs of foreign tribes. Samuel, this would be the heliacal rising of sirius, which occurred about 20th july p. Contents of the sixteenth book of diodorus chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24 chapter 25 chapter. Diodoros sikeliotes was a greek historian, who wrote works of history between 60 and 30 bc.
It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. Lacuscurtius diodorus siculus book xvii chapters 104. Lacuscurtius diodorus siculus book xvii chapters 84. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Lacuscurtius diodorus siculus book xvii chapters 1. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of egypt book i, of mesopotamia, india, scythia, and arabia ii, of north africa iii. The last section books xvii to the end concern the historical events from the successors of alexander down to either.
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