{"product_id":"9780674994225-library-of-history-v-5","title":"Library of History, Volume V","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBooks 12.41–13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary of History\u003c\/i\u003e is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BC); history to 54 BC. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemains of a universal chronicle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 80–20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called \u003ci\u003eLibrary of History,\u003c\/i\u003e  in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to  the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BC); history to 54 BC.  Of this we have complete Books 1–5 (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians,  Greeks) and Books 11–20 (Greek history 480–302 BC); and fragments of the  rest. He was an uncritical compiler, but used good sources and  reproduced them faithfully. He is valuable for details unrecorded  elsewhere, and as evidence for works now lost, especially writings of  Ephorus, Apollodorus, Agatharchides, Philistus, and Timaeus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diodorus Siculus is in twelve volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39596141248609,"sku":"9780674994225","price":24.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41277474.jpg?v=1779109125","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674994225-library-of-history-v-5","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}