Bibliotheca historica

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient historical work
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Historical_Library
gptkbp:author gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
gptkbp:citation later historians and scholars
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Sicily
gptkbp:coversPeriod mythological times to 60 BCE
gptkbp:dateWritten 1st century BCE
gptkbp:firstPartCovers mythical history of non-Greek and Greek peoples
gptkbp:genre history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bibliotheca historica
gptkbp:importantFor major source for ancient history
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Timaeus
gptkb:Ephorus
gptkb:Polybius
Herodotus
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableFor comprehensive scope
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 40
gptkbp:preservedIn various manuscripts
gptkbp:secondPartCovers history of Greeks and non-Greeks to Alexander the Great
gptkbp:structure divided into three parts
gptkbp:subject world history
gptkbp:survivingWorks Books 1–5 and 11–20
gptkbp:thirdPartCovers history from Alexander to 60 BCE
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
gptkb:Bibliothèque_des_histoires
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6