{"id":1051,"date":"2022-02-22T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/?page_id=1051"},"modified":"2022-09-17T20:45:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:15:46","slug":"diodurus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/index.php\/diodurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Diodorus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#612b94\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>The writer of the Universal History<\/strong> <\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-background wp-block-heading\" style=\"background-color:#95d0f2\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Bibliotheca Historica<\/mark> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fmUbRJKtoWI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Watch the Video<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diodurus\/Universal History\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fmUbRJKtoWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#b5d4e7\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily was an ancient Greek historian. <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>He is known for writing the monumental universal history between 60 and 30 BC, named \u201cBibliotheca historica\u201d.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_web-1024x574.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8898\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_web-1024x574.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_web-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_web-768x430.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_web-1170x655.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_web.webp 1273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02_web-1-1024x573.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8901\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02_web-1-1024x573.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02_web-1-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02_web-1-768x430.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02_web-1-1170x655.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02_web-1.webp 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>He was born in circa 90 BC in Agira, Sicily according to his own work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And he died at the age of 60 years, in c 30 BC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He titled his work \u201cBibliotheca Historica\u201d because Bibliotheca means &#8216;library&#8217; and Historica, the History. So he intends to present a universal history, covering the entire world and all periods of time until his day. He might thought the name &#8220;Bibliotheca,&#8221; an apt name as &nbsp;he was assembling a composite work from many sources and from the works of many other authors \u2013 \u2018including Hecataeus of Abdera, Ctesias of Cnidus, Ephorus, Theopompus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Duris of Samos, Diyllus, Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius, and Posidonius.\u2019 in acknowledgment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#396250\"><strong>Hecataeus<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Hecataeus of Abdera or of Teos, was a Greek historian and ethnographer (anthropologist) and philosopher of circa 4th century BC, lived in Egypt and composed a history of Egypt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03.hecataeus_web-1024x563.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8903\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03.hecataeus_web-1024x563.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03.hecataeus_web-300x165.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03.hecataeus_web-768x422.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03.hecataeus_web-1170x643.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03.hecataeus_web.webp 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#42725b\"><strong>Ctesias <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.-Ctesias_web-1024x595.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8905\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.-Ctesias_web-1024x595.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.-Ctesias_web-300x174.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.-Ctesias_web-768x446.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.-Ctesias_web-1170x680.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.-Ctesias_web.webp 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ctesias of Cnidus was a Greek physician and historian who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 BC.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ctesias&nbsp;wrote several books about Persia and India entitled Indica&nbsp;and Persica.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.2_web-1024x572.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8907\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.2_web-1024x572.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.2_web-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.2_web-768x429.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.2_web-1170x654.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04.2_web.webp 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#356151\"><strong>Ephorus of Cyme <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05.-Ephorus_web-1024x572.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8909\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05.-Ephorus_web-1024x572.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05.-Ephorus_web-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05.-Ephorus_web-768x429.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05.-Ephorus_web-1170x654.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05.-Ephorus_web.webp 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Ephorus of Cyme was a Greek historian and the author of the first universal history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a pupil of Isocrates&nbsp;together with the historian Theopompus&nbsp;in rhetoric&nbsp;in circa 4th century BC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#2c614a\"><strong>Theopompus<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Theopompus was a Greek historian and a pupil of Isocrates in rhetoric (skill in high-flown language usage) and writer of the\u00a0Hellenica,\u00a0the\u00a0History of Philip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06.Theopompus_web-1024x574.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8912\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06.Theopompus_web-1024x574.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06.Theopompus_web-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06.Theopompus_web-768x430.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06.Theopompus_web-1170x656.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06.Theopompus_web.webp 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#356051\"><strong>Hieronymus of Cardia<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07.Hieronymus_web-1-1024x563.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8918\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07.Hieronymus_web-1-1024x563.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07.Hieronymus_web-1-300x165.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07.Hieronymus_web-1-768x423.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07.Hieronymus_web-1-1170x644.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07.Hieronymus_web-1.webp 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hieronymus of Cardia was a Greek\u00a0general and historian\u00a0from Cardia in Thrace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He lived around 350-250 BC, and a contemporary of Alexander the Great. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#356150\"><strong>Duris of Samos<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duris of Samos was a Greek historiographer of the early Hellenistic period lived around \u00a0c. 340 B.C. to c. 270 B.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08.Duris-of-Samos_web-1024x550.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8920\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08.Duris-of-Samos_web-1024x550.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08.Duris-of-Samos_web-300x161.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08.Duris-of-Samos_web-768x412.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08.Duris-of-Samos_web-1170x628.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08.Duris-of-Samos_web.webp 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the author of \u2018A narrative history of events in Greece and Macedonia from 371 BC to 281 BC\u2019 (not available now), and \u2018a life of Agathocles of Syracuse\u2019 and \u2018a number of treatises on literary and artistic subjects\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#315f4c\"><strong>Diyllus<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09.Diyllus_web-1024x577.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8924\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09.Diyllus_web-1024x577.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09.Diyllus_web-300x169.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09.Diyllus_web-768x432.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09.Diyllus_web-1170x659.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09.Diyllus_web.webp 1277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diyllus\u00a0was probably the son of Phanodemus the Atthidographer (a chronicler of the local history of Athens and Attica). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wrote universal history of the years 357\u2013296 BC. His work seems to have been a continuation of Ephorus&#8217; history, and was itself continued by Psaon of Plataea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#2e624e\"><strong>Philistus<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philistus was a Greek historian of Sicily lived around 430 BC to 356 BC during the reigns of the tyrants Dionysius I and Dionysius II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10.Philistus_web-1024x572.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8930\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10.Philistus_web-1024x572.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10.Philistus_web-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10.Philistus_web-768x429.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10.Philistus_web-1170x654.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10.Philistus_web.webp 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He composed the history of Sicily in eleven books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#305e48\"><strong>Timaeus<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11.Timaeus_web-1024x547.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8936\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11.Timaeus_web-1024x547.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11.Timaeus_web-300x160.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11.Timaeus_web-768x410.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11.Timaeus_web-1170x625.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11.Timaeus_web.webp 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timaeus\u00a0(lived around\u00a0345 BC \u2013\u00a0250 BC), was an ancient Greek historian. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wrote around 40 books on the history of Greece titled, the\u00a0Histories,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#36604f\"><strong>Polybius<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12.Polybius_web-1024x555.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8941\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12.Polybius_web-1024x555.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12.Polybius_web-300x163.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12.Polybius_web-768x416.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12.Polybius_web-1170x634.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12.Polybius_web.webp 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was noted for his work \u2018The Histories\u2019, which covered the period of 264\u2013146 BC in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex 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1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/13.Posidonius_web.webp 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Posidonius (135 B.C.E. &#8211; 51 B.C.E.), was a Greek Stoic philosopher, politician, astronomer, geographer,\u00a0historian, and teacher. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born in Apamea, a Roman city in Syria. He was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bibliotheca historica discusses the relevance of history, or the significance of the events and issues in the history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been still debated &#8211; the degree to which the text that follows is derived from earlier historical works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This monumental work was immense and consisted of 40 books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we have only 15 books, intact.&nbsp; Those are 1 to 5 and 11 to 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fragments of the lost books are now preserved in Photius lexicon and the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_Photius-lexicon_web-1024x574.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8949\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_Photius-lexicon_web-1024x574.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_Photius-lexicon_web-300x168.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_Photius-lexicon_web-768x431.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_Photius-lexicon_web-1170x656.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_Photius-lexicon_web.webp 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoitius was a saint or patriarch of Constantinople and leader of the Orthodox Byzantine Renaissance and collector of books and excerpts in 9th century AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constantine Porphyrogenitus was a Greek (Byzantine) emperor and collector of huge books in 10th century AD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earliest extant manuscript of Bibliotheca Historica is from about 10th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In and around 1472, Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist, calligrapher, and scholar, translated the first five books into Latin named \u2013 \u2018The editio princeps\u2019 at Bologna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[The editio princeps of Diodorus was a Latin translation of the first five books by Poggio Bracciolini at Bologna in 1472.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincentius Opsopoeus got the Greek original books from 16 to 20 printed at Basel in1535. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;All the surviving books, and the surviving fragments of books from 21 to the end were published by Stephanus at Geneva.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diodorus arranges the history in three parts in his \u201cBibliotheca Historica\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first part consists of six books and are arranged geographically. They cover mythic history up to the destruction of Troy mainly of non-Hellenic and Hellenic tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15_Destruction-of-Troy_web-1024x561.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8963\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15_Destruction-of-Troy_web-1024x561.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15_Destruction-of-Troy_web-300x164.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15_Destruction-of-Troy_web-768x421.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15_Destruction-of-Troy_web-1170x641.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15_Destruction-of-Troy_web.webp 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Hellenic means relating to Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also describe regions around the world from Egypt, India and Arabia to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book 1 in the first part deals with the history and culture of Ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second book covers the history and culture of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia (in&nbsp;present-day&nbsp;Romania and Bulgaria), and Arabia (today&nbsp;southern modern Syria, Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula and north-western Saudi&nbsp;Arabia). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third one treats the history and culture of North Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the books from 4th to 6th tell about the history and culture of Greece and Europe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Scythia = An ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black&nbsp;Sea to the Aral&nbsp;Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 2 consists of the books from 7 to 17. In these books, the history of the world from the Trojan War down to the death of Alexander the Great is narrated. &nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_Death-of-Alexander_web-1024x564.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8961\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_Death-of-Alexander_web-1024x564.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_Death-of-Alexander_web-300x165.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_Death-of-Alexander_web-768x423.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_Death-of-Alexander_web-1170x645.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_Death-of-Alexander_web.webp 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 3, the last part, has been lost (Only some excerpts are available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is supposedly consisted of all the remaining books from 18th to the 40th one. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is considered to have the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Julius Caesar&#8217;s Gallic Wars in 59 BC. (Gallic= Of or pertaining to France or the people of France). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each book begins with a table of its contents and a preface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are now generally agreed to be entirely Diodorus&#8217; own work. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books 6 to 10 are entirely lost which covered the transition from mythical times to the archaic period, are almost entirely lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books 11 to 20 are completely intact and events between 480 BC and 302 BC are covered with the annalistic structure (A chronological account of events in successive years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books 21 to 40 are mostly lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They brought the work down to Diodorus&#8217; own lifetime, terminating around 60 BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/17_books-21_32_web-1024x568.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8959\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/17_books-21_32_web-1024x568.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/17_books-21_32_web-300x166.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/17_books-21_32_web-768x426.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/17_books-21_32_web-1170x649.webp 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/17_books-21_32_web.webp 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diodorus drew on the history of Polybius and also used in his books 21 to 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[For books 21\u201332, Diodorus drew on the history of Polybius, which largely survives and can be compared against Diodorus&#8217; text, though he may also have used Philinus of Agrigentum and other lost historians].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philinus wrote about The&nbsp;First Punic War&nbsp;(264\u2013241 BC). It was the&nbsp;first&nbsp;of three&nbsp;wars&nbsp;fought between Carthage present day Tunisia and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC. For 23 years, in the longest continuous conflict and greatest naval&nbsp;war&nbsp;of antiquity, the two powers struggled for supremacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His liberal use of earlier historians\u2019 works attracts both positive and negative opinions among historians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#305b76\"><strong>Olympiad<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/18_Olympiad_web-1024x572.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8954\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/18_Olympiad_web-1024x572.webp 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/18_Olympiad_web-300x168.webp 300w, 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