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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Diodorus Siculus}}'''. Greek historian born at Agyricum, Sicily, contemporaneous with Julius Caesar and Augustus. In early life, travelled in Asia, Africa and Europe. On his return, settled at Rome, where he published his ''Historical Library'', in 40 books, after thirty years of labor. This work covers 1138 years, up to the end of Caesar’s Gallic war, but only a small portion of it remains. — Greek text ed. by Wesseling, ''Amst''., 1746. 2 vols., folio. Parallel Greek and English trans, by C. H. Oldfather, London: Wm. Heinemann ; New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1933. 10 vols. Loeb Class. Libr. | |||
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Revision as of 05:03, 10 October 2026
Zirkoff, Boris
Diodorus Siculus. See Vol. V, p. 373, for data.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 644
Diodorus Siculus. Greek historian born at Agyricum, Sicily, contemporaneous with Julius Caesar and Augustus. In early life, travelled in Asia, Africa and Europe. On his return, settled at Rome, where he published his Historical Library, in 40 books, after thirty years of labor. This work covers 1138 years, up to the end of Caesar’s Gallic war, but only a small portion of it remains. — Greek text ed. by Wesseling, Amst., 1746. 2 vols., folio. Parallel Greek and English trans, by C. H. Oldfather, London: Wm. Heinemann ; New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1933. 10 vols. Loeb Class. Libr.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 373