The Library, Books 16-20
The Library, Books 16-20 Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in EuropeThe Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from…
Specifikacia The Library, Books 16-20
The Library, Books 16-20
Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in EuropeThe Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. Book 16 is devoted to Philip, and without it the career of this great king would be far more obscure to us. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from mythological times to 60 BCE, and fifteen of The Library's forty books survive.This new translation by Robin Waterfield of books 16-20 covers a vital period in European history.
Books 18-20 constitute virtually our sole source of information on the twenty turbulent years following Alexander's death and on the violent path followed by Agathocles of Syracuse. There Book 17 is the earliest surviving account by over a hundred years of the world-changing eastern conquests of Alexander the Great, Philip's son.
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