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Diodorus Siculus.

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Diodorus Siculus --- Diodorus, - Siculus. - Bibliotheca historica. - Book 15.

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Presents and contextualises extracts from the Historical Library of Diodorus.

There are only a few detailed histories of Persia from Ancient Greek historiography that have survived time. Diodorus of Sicily, a first century BC author, is the only one to have written a comprehensive history (the Bibliotheca Historica or Historical Library) in which more than cursory attention is paid to Persia. The Bibliotheca Historica covers the entire period from Persia's prehistory until the arrival of the Parthians from the East and that of Roman power throughout Asia Minor and beyond from the West, around 750 years after Assyrian rule ended.

Diodorus' contribution to our knowledge of Persian history is therefore of great value for the modern historian of the Ancient Near East and in this book Jan Stronk provides the first complete translation of Diodorus' account of the history of Persia. He also examines and evaluates both Diodorus' account and the sources he used to compose his work, taking into consideration the historical, political and archaeological factors that may have played a role in the transmission of the evidence he used to acquire the raw material underlying his Bibliotheca.

History, Ancient --- Historiography --- Diodorus, --- Iran --- History --- E-books --- Historiography. --- Bibliotheca historica (Diodorus, Siculus) --- To 640 --- Diodori Siculi Bibliotheca historica (Diodorus, Siculus) --- Library of history (Diodorus, Siculus) --- Diodori Bibliotheca historica (Diodorus, Siculus) --- Vivliothēkē (Diodorus, Siculus)

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The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied Romance languages. The series publishes high-quality monographs and collected volumes on all areas of linguistic research, on medieval literature and on textual criticism.

Diodorus Siculus. --- Humanist Translations. --- Italian Language History. --- Volgarizzamenti.

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Diodor verfasste eine Historische Bibliothek in 40 Büchern, mit denen er seinen Lesern zur Zeit Caesars einen Überblick über alle Ereignisse von der mythischen Vorzeit bis in seine Tage geben wollte. Auch wenn nur etwas mehr als die Hälfte hiervon erhalten ist, so stellt sein Werk beispielsweise für den Frühhellenismus die einzige erzählende Quelle dar. Die Bedeutung der Historischen Bibliothek ist daher unbestritten. Jedoch hat die Forschung Diodors Qualitäten als Autor seit dem 19. Jahrhundert geringgeschätzt; Mommsen nannte ihn einen „geistlosen Kompilator". Lange war die Historische Bibliothek nur ein Steinbruch für die Forschung, aus dem man die nicht mehr vorhandenen Geschichtswerke des Hellenismus zu rekonstruieren versuchte. Zwar hat sich in den letzten Jahren die Bewertung Diodors gebessert, allerdings wurden meist nur einzelne Passagen betrachtet. Die vorliegende Studie nimmt erstmals unvoreingenommen das gesamte Werk in den Blick, löst sich von den bisherigen Methoden der Diodorforschung und nimmt ihn als eigenständig gestaltenden Historiographen wahr. Dieses Vorgehen eröffnet eine neue Perspektive auf den Autor, seine Gestaltungsabsichten und auf die Kernaussage seiner Universalgeschichte. Previous research saw Diodorus as an author with modest intellect and a working technique of equal mediocrity, just capable enough of reconstructing forgotten historical works from the Hellenistic period. This study reveals a serious historiographer who brought an entirely original perspective to his "universal history", based on his own background, talent, and training, especially as he presented heroic figures, such as Alexander the Great.

History, Ancient --- Histoire ancienne --- Historiography --- Historiographie --- Diodorus, --- Greece --- Grèce --- History --- Histoire --- Historiographie ancienne. --- Geschichtsschreibung. --- Diodore de Sicile, --- Grèce --- Historiography. --- Historical criticism --- Authorship --- Criticism --- Diodorus Siculus. --- Hellenistic historiography.