Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike: Volume 1, Books 14–15: The Greek World in the Fourth Century BC from the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Death of Artaxerxes II (Mnemon)
Translation, with Introduction and Notes
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:16th Sep '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£18.99(9781108706346)
A fresh translation of Diodoros' account of a crucial period of Greek history, with extensive notes and a substantial Introduction.
The first in a planned three-volume translation of books 14–20 of Diodoros of Sicily's Bibliotheke Historike, covering a crucial period of Greek history and providing an important competing source to Xenophon's Hellenika. Accompanied by extensive notes and a substantial Introduction to Diodoros and his work.Diodoros of Sicily (c.90–c.30 BC) spent thirty years producing an encyclopedic compendium of world history from its mythical beginnings to his own day. His is the only surviving, connected account of Greek affairs from 480/79 to 302/1. The books translated in this volume cover the years from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the aftermath of the Battle of Mantineia in 362/1. These were crucial years in the struggle for supremacy in Greece amongst the Greek states, Sparta, Athens and Thebes, before they were overtaken by the unexpected rise of Macedon. Diodoros also provides the only extant account of the career of Dionysios I of Syracuse and the Cypriot war between Persia and Evagoras of Salamis. The translation is supported by extensive notes and the Introduction examines Diodoros' moral and educational purpose in writing, the plan of his work, his sources, and his qualities as a historian.
'… Harding does an excellent job of providing a historical context for Diodorus' narrative …' Frances Pownall, Histos
ISBN: 9781108499279
Dimensions: 238mm x 193mm x 25mm
Weight: 810g
448 pages