Diodorus Siculus, Books 11-12.37.1 : Greek History, 480-431 BC—the Alternative Version.
Diodorus Siculus, Books 11-12.37.1 : Greek History, 480-431 BC—the Alternative Version.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 11: 480 – 451 b.c.e. -- Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 12.1.1–12.37.1: 450 – 431 b.c.e. -- Appendix A: The Terminal Date of the Bibliotheke -- Appendix B: Athenian Losses in the Egyptian Campaign -- Maps (all by Bill Nelson) -- Chronological Table -- Bibliography -- Index
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Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca. 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. Yet this important historian has been consistently denigrated as a mere copyist who slavishly reproduced the works of earlier historians without understanding what he was writing. By contrast, in this iconoclastic work Peter Green builds a convincing case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. Through a fresh English translation of a key portion of his multi-volume history (the so-called Bibliotheke, or "Library") and a commentary and notes that refute earlier assessments of Diodorus, Green offers a fairer, better balanced estimate of this much-maligned historian. The portion of Diodorus' history translated here covers the period 480-431 BCE, from the Persian invasion of Greece to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. This half-century, known as the Pentekontaetia, was the Golden Age of Periclean Athens, a time of unprecedented achievement in drama, architecture, philosophy, historiography, and the visual arts. Green's accompanying notes and commentary revisit longstanding debates about historical inconsistencies in Diodorus' work and offer thought-provoking new interpretations and conclusions. In his masterful introductory essay, Green demolishes the traditional view of Diodorus and argues for a thorough critical reappraisal of this synthesizing historian, who attempted nothing less than a "universal history" that begins with the gods of mythology and continues down to the eve of Julius Caesar's Gallic campaigns.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780292795877
10.7560/706040 doi
HISTORY / General.
DF227 / .D56 2006eb
938/.04
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 11: 480 – 451 b.c.e. -- Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 12.1.1–12.37.1: 450 – 431 b.c.e. -- Appendix A: The Terminal Date of the Bibliotheke -- Appendix B: Athenian Losses in the Egyptian Campaign -- Maps (all by Bill Nelson) -- Chronological Table -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca. 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. Yet this important historian has been consistently denigrated as a mere copyist who slavishly reproduced the works of earlier historians without understanding what he was writing. By contrast, in this iconoclastic work Peter Green builds a convincing case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. Through a fresh English translation of a key portion of his multi-volume history (the so-called Bibliotheke, or "Library") and a commentary and notes that refute earlier assessments of Diodorus, Green offers a fairer, better balanced estimate of this much-maligned historian. The portion of Diodorus' history translated here covers the period 480-431 BCE, from the Persian invasion of Greece to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. This half-century, known as the Pentekontaetia, was the Golden Age of Periclean Athens, a time of unprecedented achievement in drama, architecture, philosophy, historiography, and the visual arts. Green's accompanying notes and commentary revisit longstanding debates about historical inconsistencies in Diodorus' work and offer thought-provoking new interpretations and conclusions. In his masterful introductory essay, Green demolishes the traditional view of Diodorus and argues for a thorough critical reappraisal of this synthesizing historian, who attempted nothing less than a "universal history" that begins with the gods of mythology and continues down to the eve of Julius Caesar's Gallic campaigns.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780292795877
10.7560/706040 doi
HISTORY / General.
DF227 / .D56 2006eb
938/.04