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Diodorus Siculus and the first century /

Living in Rome during the last years of the Republic, Diodorus of Sicily produced the most expansive history of the ancient world that has survived from antiquity--the Bibliotheke. Whereas Diodorus himself has been commonly seen as a "mere copyist" of earlier historical traditions, Kenneth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sacks, Kenneth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Subjects:
Diodorus, > Siculus. > Bibliotheca historica.
Diodorus, Siculus. > Bibliotheca historica.
History, Ancient.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781400861286
1400861284
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION: The Argument
  • CHAPTER ONE. Prooemia
  • CHAPTER TWO. Themes in Historical Causality
  • CHAPTER THREE. Culture's Progress
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Aspects of History Writing
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Diodorus on Rome
  • CHAPTER SIX. Diodorus in the World of Caesar and Octavian
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • APPENDIX ONE. Sicilian Enfranchisement
  • APPENDIX TWO. Posidonius on Italian Knights
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN DIODORUS
  • INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN OTHER AUTHORS
  • INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT GREEK TERMS
  • GENERAL INDEX.

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