Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Volume X, Books 19.66-20 (Loeb Classical Library No. 390)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674994299 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-07 |
| Language | : | Ancient Greek |
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The Funeral Games of Alexander's Successors Since there are so many of these darn things the review shall be divided into three sections. First, a brief description of the Loeb series of books and their advantages/disadvantages. Second shall be my thoughts on the author himself, his accuracy, as well as his style and the style of his translator. This is of course only my opinion and should be treated as such. The final part shall review what this particular book actually covers.The Loeb series date back to
Of this we have complete Books I–V (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books XI–XX (Greek history 480–302 BCE); and fragments of the rest. 80–20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE. He was an uncritical compiler, but used good sources and reproduced them faithfully. Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diodorus Siculus is in twelve volumes.. He is valuable for details unrecorded elsewhere, and as evidence for works now lost, especially writings of Ephorus, Apollodorus, Agatharchides, Philistus, and