Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike: Volume 1, Books 1415: The - Translation, With Introduction and Notes

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.

List of contents

Preface; Abbreviations; List of Maps; Introduction; Book 14; Book 15; Glossary; Appendix: Chronological Outline; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Phillip Harding is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of British Columbia, where he taught for thirty-six years. His publications include: From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus (Cambridge, 1985), Androtion and the Atthis (1994), Didymos: On Demosthenes (2006), The Story of Athens (2008) and Athens Transformed, 404–262 BC (2015).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Harding Phillip (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781108499279
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49927-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE