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Diodorus Siculus, the Glossary

Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.^[1]

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1st-century BC historians
30s BC deaths
90s BC births
Classical geography
Hellenistic-era historians
Historians from Magna Graecia
Historians of Phoenicia
Sicilian Greeks
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Abraham

Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Acadine

In Greek mythology, Acadine was a magical fountain in Sicily, said to be described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, though no such mention can be located.

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Agira

Agira (Aggira; Agúrion) is a town and comune in the province of Enna, Sicily (southern Italy).

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.

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Bibliotheca historica

Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική) is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus.

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Callon of Epidaurus

Callon (born Callo; fl. 2nd century BC) was an intersex person, whose medical treatment is the first recorded example of gender affirmation surgery.

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Charles Henry Oldfather

Charles Henry Oldfather (13 June 1887 – 20 August 1954) was an American professor of Greek and Ancient History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Chronicon (Jerome)

The Chronicon (Chronicle) or Temporum liber (Book of Times) was a universal chronicle written by Jerome.

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Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.

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Constantine VII

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959.

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Constantinian Excerpts

The Constantinian Excerpts was a 53-volume Greek anthology of excerpts from at least 25 historians.

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Ctesias

Ctesias (Κτησίᾱς; fl. fifth century BC), also known as Ctesias of Cnidus, was a Greek physician and historian from the town of Cnidus in Caria, then part of the Achaemenid Empire.

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Death of Alexander the Great

The death of Alexander the Great and subsequent related events have been the subjects of debates.

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Diadochi

The Diadochi (singular: Diadochos; from Successors) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC.

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Diophantus of Abae

Diophantus (Διόφαντος), born Herais (Ἡραΐς; 2nd century BC), was an intersex person who lived in the second century BC and fought as a soldier with Alexander Balas.

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Diyllus

Diyllus (Δίυλλος), probably the son of Phanodemus the Atthidographer (a chronicler of the local history of Athens and Attica), wrote a universal history of the years 357–296 BC. Diodorus Siculus and Diyllus are Hellenistic-era historians.

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Duris of Samos

Duris of Samos (or Douris) (Δοῦρις ὁ Σάμιος; BCafter 281BC) was a Greek historian and was at some period tyrant of Samos. Diodorus Siculus and Duris of Samos are Hellenistic-era historians.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Ephorus

Ephorus of Cyme (Ἔφορος ὁ Κυμαῖος, Ephoros ho Kymaios; 330 BC) was an ancient Greek historian known for his universal history.

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Fresco

Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.

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Gallic Wars

The Gallic Wars were waged between 58 and 50 BC by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul (present-day France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland).

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Hecataeus of Abdera

Hecataeus of Abdera or of Teos (Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης; 360 BC – 290 BC), was a Greek historian who flourished in the 4th century BC. Diodorus Siculus and Hecataeus of Abdera are Hellenistic-era historians.

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Hellenic historiography

Hellenic historiography (or Greek historiography) involves efforts made by Greeks to track and record historical events.

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Hieronymus of Cardia

Hieronymus of Cardia (Ἱερώνυμος ὁ Καρδιανός) was a Greek general and historian from Cardia in Thrace, and a contemporary of Alexander the Great (356–323 BC).

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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History

History (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Inscriptiones Graecae

The Inscriptiones Graecae (IG), Latin for Greek inscriptions, is an academic project originally begun by the Prussian Academy of Science, and today continued by its successor organisation, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

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Jerome

Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Diodorus Siculus and Julius Caesar are 1st-century BC historians.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Philistus

Philistus (Φίλιστος; 432 – 356 BC), son of Archomenidas, was a Greek historian from Sicily, Magna Graecia. Diodorus Siculus and Philistus are historians from Magna Graecia.

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Photios I of Constantinople

Photios I (Φώτιος, Phōtios; c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled PhotiusFr.

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Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. Diodorus Siculus and Pliny the Elder are classical geography.

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Polybius

Polybius (Πολύβιος) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. Diodorus Siculus and Polybius are Hellenistic-era historians.

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Posidonius

Posidonius (Ποσειδώνιος, "of Poseidon") "of Apameia" (ὁ Ἀπαμεύς) or "of Rhodes" (ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek politician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. Diodorus Siculus and Posidonius are 1st-century BC historians and Hellenistic-era historians.

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Scythia

Scythia (Scythian: Skulatā; Old Persian: Skudra; Ancient Greek: Skuthia; Latin: Scythia) or Scythica (Ancient Greek: Skuthikē; Latin: Scythica), also known as Pontic Scythia, was a kingdom created by the Scythians during the 6th to 3rd centuries BC in the Pontic–Caspian steppe. Diodorus Siculus and Scythia are classical geography.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus

Also known as Diod. Sic., Diodor, Diodore of Sicily, Diodoros, Diodoros Sikeliotes, Diodoros of Sicily, Diodorus, Diodorus of Sicily, Diodorus the Sicilian, Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης.

Diodorus Siculus, the Glossary

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1st-century BC historians

30s BC deaths

90s BC births

Classical geography

Hellenistic-era historians

Historians from Magna Graecia

Historians of Phoenicia

Sicilian Greeks

Works about mining

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