Diodorus Siculus and the First Century

Kenneth S. Sacks

Published by Princeton University Press 1990

Diodorus Siculus and the First Century

Kenneth S. Sacks

Volume 1109 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400861286

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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 Sacks explores the complexity of his work to reveal a historian with a distinct point of view indicative of his times.

Sacks focuses on three areas of Diodorus's history writing: methods of organization and style, broad historical and philosophical themes, and political sentiments. Throughout, Diodorus introduced his own ideas or refashioned those found in his sources. In particular, his negative reaction to Roman imperial rule helps to illuminate the obscure tradition of opposition historiography and to explain the shape and structure of the Bibliotheke. Viewed as a unified work reflecting the intellectual and political beliefs of the late Hellenistic period, the Bibliotheke will become an important source for interpreting first-century moral, political, and intellectual values.

Originally published in 1990.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
ABBREVIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION: The Argument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER ONE. Prooemia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
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CHAPTER FIVE. Diodorus on Rome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER SIX. Diodorus in the World of Caesar and Octavian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
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APPENDIX ONE. Sicilian Enfranchisement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
APPENDIX TWO. Posidonius on Italian Knights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN DIODORUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
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