Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historica

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Diodorus_Siculus's_Bibliotheca_historica
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:author gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
gptkbp:covers history from mythic times to 60 BCE
gptkbp:dateWritten 1st century BCE
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkbp:genre universal history
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ephorus
gptkb:Timaeus_of_Tauromenium
gptkb:Polybius
Herodotus
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:locationOfComposition gptkb:Alexandria
gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:notableFor comprehensive scope
preservation of lost sources
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 40
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:structure three parts: mythic history, history of Greeks and non-Greeks, history of Hellenistic world
gptkbp:subject gptkb:mythology
ancient history
world history
gptkbp:survivingWorks Books 1–5 and 11–20
gptkbp:title gptkb:Historical_Library
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ctesias's_Persica
gptkb:Antaeus_(mythology)
gptkb:Ambhi_(King_of_Taxila)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
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