Bibliotheca historica

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1st-century BCE book Greek prose work ancient historical work universal history

Bibliotheca historica is an extensive universal history written in Greek in the 1st century BCE, covering mythic origins through the author’s own era and serving as a key source for many lost ancient works.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	1st-century BCE book ⓘ Greek prose work ⓘ ancient historical work ⓘ universal history ⓘ
aim	to provide a comprehensive history of the known world ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bibliotheke historike NERFINISHED ⓘ Historical Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ
coversPeriodFrom	mythic origins of the world ⓘ
coversPeriodTo	author’s own era ⓘ time of Julius Caesar ⓘ
dateWritten	1st century BCE ⓘ
focusesOn	Egyptian history ⓘ Greek history ⓘ Near Eastern history ⓘ Roman expansion ⓘ Sicilian history ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ history ⓘ
hasManuscriptTradition	medieval Greek manuscripts ⓘ
influencedBy	Apollodorus of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ephorus of Cyme NERFINISHED ⓘ Hieronymus of Cardia NERFINISHED ⓘ Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ Timaeus of Tauromenium NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryStyle	straightforward narrative prose ⓘ
notableFor	attempting a universal history of known peoples ⓘ preserving information from otherwise lost sources ⓘ
numberOfBooks	40 ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	Greek ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationStatus	partially lost ⓘ
section	history of non-Greek and Greek peoples ⓘ history of the Hellenistic and Roman periods ⓘ mythic history and early peoples ⓘ
sourceFor	lost works of Greek historians ⓘ lost works of Hellenistic historians ⓘ lost works of Sicilian historians ⓘ
structure	organized into three major sections ⓘ
subject	ethnography ⓘ geography ⓘ military history ⓘ mythology ⓘ political history ⓘ
survivingBooks	Books 11–20 ⓘ Books 1–5 ⓘ fragments of other books ⓘ
usedBy	modern historians of antiquity ⓘ
workPeriod	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Diodorus Siculus → notableWork → Bibliotheca historica ⓘ