" He also worked as a logographer, having written the speech prosecuting Phryne according to Diodorus Periegetes ( quoted by Athenaeus XIII. 591e ).

Diodorus worked primarily be epitomizing the works of other historians, omitting many details where they did not suit his purpose, which was to illustrate moral lessons from history ; his account of the Third Sacred War therefore contains many gaps.

No complete works of Hecataeus have survived to our time, and our knowledge of his writing exists only in fragments located in various ancient Greek and Latin authors ' works, primarily in Diodorus Siculus, whose ethnography of Egypt ( Bibliotheca historica, Book I ) represents by far the largest amount.

Beyond Diodorus, further details of the Sacred War can be found in the orations of Athenian statesmen, primarily Demosthenes and Aeschines, which have survived intact.

Diodorus Siculus tells us that upon the assassination of the tyrant Jason of Pherae, in 370 BC, his brother Polydorus ruled for a year, but he was then poisoned by Alexander, another brother.

The murder of Alexander is assigned by Diodorus to 357 / 356 BC.

Diodorus Siculus enlists nine Amazons who challenged Heracles to single combat during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle and died against him one by one: Aella, Philippis, Prothoe, Eriboea, Celaeno, Eurybia, Phoebe, Deianeira, Asteria, Marpe, Tecmessa, Alcippe.

According to Diodorus, he was father of six sons by Cyane, daughter of Liparus ( the eponym of the island Lipara, whom Aeolus assisted in conquering lands above Surrentum, Italy ).

; statements as to the origin of gods, cults and so forth, transmitted to us by Hellenic antiquarians such as Strabo, Pausanias, Diodorus Siculus, etc.

There also is the origin myth that represents the ægis as a fire-breathing chthonic monster similar to the Chimera, which was slain and flayed by Athena, who afterward wore its skin as a cuirass ( Diodorus Siculus iii.

Pytheas's account was noted later by other writers including Pliny the Elder and Diodorus Siculus.

Here alone is preserved a summary of the writings of the Phoenician priest Sanchuniathon of which the accuracy has been shown by the mythological accounts found on the Ugaritic tables, here alone is the account from Diodorus Siculus's sixth book of Euhemerus ' wondrous voyage to the island of Panchaea where Euhemerus purports to have found his true history of the gods, and here almost alone is preserved writings of the neo-Platonist philosopher Atticus along with so much else.

Diodorus of Tarsus ( d. 394 ) may have argued for a flat Earth based on scriptures ; however, Diodorus ' opinion on the matter is known to us only by a criticism of it by Photius.

Others have identified the island as Ictis, the location described by Diodorus Siculus as a centre for the tin trade in pre-Roman Britain.

According to the " travels of Hercules " theme, also documented by Diodorus Siculus and Strabo, both Greeks and native Ligurian people asserted that Hercules passed through the area.

" In addition to the Judeo-Roman or Judeo-Hellenic historians Artapanus, Eupolemus, Josephus, and Philo, a few non-Jewish historians including Hecataeus of Abdera ( quoted by Diodorus Siculus ), Alexander Polyhistor, Manetho, Apion, Chaeremon of Alexandria, Tacitus and Porphyry also make reference to him.

All that remains of his description of Moses are two references made by Diodorus Siculus, wherein, writes historian Arthur Droge, " he describes Moses as a wise and courageous leader who left Egypt and colonized Judaea.

The gold mines of Nubia were among the largest and most extensive of any in Ancient Egypt, and are described by the Greek author Diodorus Siculus.

To reconcile the contradictory aspects of his character, as well as to explain how Minos governed Crete over a period spanning so many generations, two kings of the name of Minos were assumed by later poets and rationalizing mythologists, such as Diodorus Siculus and Plutarch — " putting aside the mythological element ", as he claims — in his life of Theseus.

Also the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus who flourished between 60 BCE and 30 BCE writes about the isolated region of Arabia in his work Bibliotheca historica describing a holy shrine that Muslims see as referring to the Kaaba at Mecca " And a temple has been set-up there, which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians ".

According to John Tzetzes the kourotrophos, or nurse of Poseidon was Arne, who denied knowing where he was, when Cronus came searching ; according to Diodorus Siculus Poseidon was raised by the Telchines on Rhodes, just as Zeus was raised by the Korybantes on Crete.

Pytheas described his travels in a work that has not survived ; only excerpts remain, quoted or paraphrased by later authors, most familiarly in Strabo's Geographica, Pliny's Natural History and passages in Diodorus of Sicily's history.

Diodorus does not mention Pytheas by name.

Beyond by four days ' sail is another promontory, Belerion, which can only be Cornwall, as Diodorus is describing the triangular perimeter and the third point is Orkas, presumably the main island of the Orkney Islands.

In Bibliotheca historica, Diodorus Siculus wrote, " Polyhymnia, because by her great ( polle ) praises ( humnesis ) she brings distinction to writers whose works have won for them immortal fame ...".

Posidonius wrote a geographic treatise on the lands of the Celts which has since been lost, but which is referred to extensively ( both directly and otherwise ) in the works of Diodorus of Sicily, Strabo, Caesar and Tacitus ' Germania.

It is detailed in the works of classical historians such as Herodotus, Diodorus, and Strabo, but its location has yet to be discovered amidst the ruins of the ancient capital.

Diodorus Siculus ( Diodoros Sikeliotes ) was a Greek historian, who wrote works of history between 60 and 30 BC.

Later writers such as Arrian, Strabo, Diodorus, and Pliny refer to Indica in their works.

The works of the latter two, however, survived long enough for later authors like Plutarch, Diodorus, and Polyaenus to base their works on.

# After the 70th year of the captivity, Cyrus was king of the Persians in the first year of the 55th Olympiad, as we find in the Library of Diodorus and the Histories of Thallus and Castor, and also in the works of Polybius and Phlegon, but also in those of others who concern themselves with Olympiads: they are all in agreement about the date.

Hecataeus wrote the work Aegyptiaca or On the Egyptians ( the same title of Manetho's later work ), both suggestions are based on known titles of other ethnographic works, an account of Egypt ’ s customs, beliefs and geography, and the single largest fragment from this lost work is held to be Diodorus ' account of the Ramesseum, tomb of Osymandyas ( i. 47-50 ).

On the doctrines of Diodorus we possess only fragmentary information, and not even the titles of his works are known.

If similar amounts of land have been lost on other parts of the Solent shore, the Solent was likely much narrower in Roman times, and it is possible to believe Diodorus Siculus's report that in his time men could wade to the Isle of Wight at low tide.

On the other hand, vates was used in Latin to denote a poet with clairvoyance powers and according to the Ancient Greek writers Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, and Poseidonius, the vates ( ουατεις ) were also one of three classes of Celtic priesthood, the other two being the druids and the bards.

Diodorus Siculus calls Chloris his daughter, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus ( see below ).

An identically composed trio had other names at Samothrace, according to Diodorus Siculus: Elektra and her two sons, Dardanos and Eetion or Iasion.

The foundation of Thurii is assigned by Diodorus to the year 446 BC ; but other authorities place it three years later, 443 BC, and this seems to be the best authenticated date.

Diodorus Siculus reports that Seleucus also conquered other nearby areas, which might refer to Persis, Aria or Parthia.

Material from this book is quoted directly or indirectly by Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Aelian ( Claudius Aelianus ) and other authors.

Finally Diodorus ignores many other events in early Roman history such all the early years of the Second Samnite War, his omission of the First Samnite War can therefore not be taken as proof of its unhistoricity.

Diodorus, on the other hand, tells us the allies had 250 ships, which is more consistent with their force levels of the previous year.

Edwards ( 1974 ) states that " the legend, which is obviously filled with anachronisms, is patently devoid of historical value ", but Maspero ( 1910 ), while acknowledging the possibility that traditions relating to other kings may have become mixed up with this story, dismisses the suggestions of some commentators that the story should be transferred to the Dynasty XII pharaoh Amenemhat III and sees no reason to doubt that Diodorus did not correctly record a tradition of Menes.

Preparing for a journey to Tarsus, he called on the Bishop of Tarsus, Diodore, who was attending the First Council of Constantinople ( one of the ecumenical councils ), to ask if he could take letters for him ; his appearance and manners struck Diodorus so forcibly that he at once determined that he should be advanced as a candidate for Bishop ; making an excuse of attending to some other business, he took Nectarius to see the bishop of Antioch, who asked Nectarius to put off his journey a short time.

Diodorus, on the other hand, claims that in the aftermath of Salamis, a full-blown peace treaty ( the " Peace of Callias ") was agreed with the Persians.

The purpose of this ability is unclear in Diodorus, but other versions state Lamia's ability to remove her eyes came with the gift of prophecy.

Diodorus Siculus claims that Belus founded a colony on the river Euphrates, and appointed the priests-astrologers whom the Babylonians call Chaldeans who like the priests of Egypt are exempt from taxation and other service to the state.

Diodorus Siculus, and Poseidonius, the () were one of three classes of Celtic priesthood, the other two being the druids and the bards.

It passed, in common with the other Phoenician settlements in Sicily, at a later period under the government or dependency of Carthage, whence Diodorus calls it a Carthaginian colony ; but it is probable that this is not strictly correct.

Chrysippus, on the other hand, agreed with Diodorus that everything true as an event in the past is necessary, but attacked Diodorus ' view that the possible must be either what is true or what will be true.

The city was of Siculian origin, and its foundation is related by Diodorus, who informs us that in 403 BCE the inhabitants of Herbita ( a Siculian city ), having concluded peace with Dionysius I of Syracuse, their ruler or chief magistrate Archonides determined to quit the city and found a new colony, which he settled partly with citizens of Herbita, and partly with mercenaries and other strangers who collected around him through enmity towards Dionysius.