Histories by Diodorus Siculus

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Bibliotheca_historica
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
gptkbp:citation	later historians
gptkbp:contains	accounts of Greece accounts of Persia accounts of Carthage accounts of Egypt accounts of India accounts of Rome accounts of Sicily accounts of mythological events
gptkbp:coversPeriod	mythical times to 60 BCE
gptkbp:dateWritten	1st century BCE
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkbp:firstPublished	15th century CE
gptkbp:genre	universal history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Histories by Diodorus Siculus
gptkbp:importantFor	insight into Hellenistic historiography source for lost Greek histories
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Ephorus gptkb:Timaeus_of_Tauromenium gptkb:Polybius Herodotus
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:locationOfComposition	gptkb:Alexandria gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:lostBooks	Books 6–10 and 21–40
gptkbp:notableFor	comprehensive scope preservation of lost works use of earlier sources
gptkbp:numberOfBooks	40
gptkbp:preservedIn	manuscripts
gptkbp:referencedIn	gptkb:Suda gptkb:Photius_Bibliotheca
gptkbp:structure	chronological and geographical arrangement
gptkbp:subject	mythology ancient history world history
gptkbp:survivingWorks	Books 1–5 and 11–20
gptkbp:usedBy	Byzantine
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alexander_III_of_Macedon
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6