Loeb 303. Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Vol. II. by MISC - 2019

hc. Good+. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Image of actual book: DJ is intact but has damage. Signs of previous ownership (cigar smoker) and coffe stain. DJ with bumping, rubbing and wearing. However, pages clean and bright. This book is in good condition other than the DJ. Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, (ca. 80-20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BC); history to 54 BC. Of this we have complete Books I-5 (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books 11-20 (Greek history 480-302 BC); and fragments of the rest. He was an uncritical compiler, but used good sources and reproduced them faithfully. He is valuable for details unrecorded elsewhere, and as evidence for works now lost, especially writings of Ephorus, Apollodorus, Agatharchides, Philistus, and Timaeus. 1994. T6.

Cambridge, Massachusetts:: Harvard University Press, 2000.. Later Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: olive green cloth with gilt; the spine is slightly slanted, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.. 16mo (about 6.5 inches tall) . Index. Description: This is Volume 303 in the Loeb Classical Library series. First printed in this form in 1935, this is a later printing. The Greek and English versions are presented side by side. Includes a section of maps at the rear.

Loeb Classical Library, 1935-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Harvard University Press, 2000. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0674993349

Harvard University Press, 1935-01-01. hardcover. Used:Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Harvard University Press, 1979. English Text. London, 1979; bound, pp. 540, cm 11x17. (Loeb Classical Library).

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Diodorus’ Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s d

Loeb Classical Library, 1986. Hardcover. New. 560 pages. 6.75x4.50x1.25 inches.