Diodorus Siculus and the First Century (eBook)

Kenneth S. Sacks (Autor)

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2014
256 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6128-6 (ISBN)

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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 "e;mere copyist"e; 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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1st century • Achaean War • Aelius Gallus • Agatharchides • ager publicus • Ammianus Marcellinus • Arnaldo Momigliano • Arrian • artemidorus • auctoritas • Aurelius Victor • bithynia • Caecilius of Calacte • Caesar and Pompey • Carthage • Cassius Dio • Classical Antiquity • Cleitarchus • Commentarii de bello gallico • Cyropaedia • Decimus (praenomen) • Democritus • Diodorus Siculus • Dionysius of Halicarnassus • Dionysus • Divi Filius • Ephorus • Euhemerus • Eunus • Explanation • First Punic War • First Triumvirate • Florus • Gaius Gracchus • Greek historiography • Greek Mythology • Greeks • hecataeus of abdera • Hellenistic period • Herodotus • Hieronymus • Hieronymus of Cardia • Hiero (Xenophon) • Historiography • Imperial cult (ancient Rome) • In Parenthesis • Isocrates • Judea (Roman province) • Juvenal • Lactantius • Lucretius • Mamertines • Mark Antony • megasthenes • Metrodorus of Scepsis • Mithridates VI of Pontus • narrative • nicias • Nicolaus of Damascus • Numantia • Pausanias (geographer) • Pelopidas • Philodemus • Pliny the Elder • Polybius • Pomerium • Pompey • Posidonius • praenomen • Praeparatio evangelica • praetor • Principate • Ptolemaic Kingdom • punic wars • roman citizenship • Roman consul • Roman government • Roman historiography • Roman province • Rome Rule • second punic war • Second Triumvirate • Sextus Pompey • Sextus (praenomen) • Sicilia (Roman province) • Sicyon • Silenus • Strabo • Sulla • Theodorus of Gadara • Theopompus • the Roman Revolution • Thucydides • Tiberius Gracchus • Timoleon • Titus Labienus • Trojan War • Verres • Vitruvius • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6128-4 / 1400861284
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6128-6 / 9781400861286