LEADER 03638nam 22005292 450 001 9910792838803321 005 20170602033714.0 010 $a1-4744-1427-3 010 $a1-4744-3097-X 010 $a1-4744-1426-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474414265 035 $a(CKB)3710000001156179 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781474414265 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001740871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5012790 035 $a(DE-B1597)616340 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474414265 035 $a(OCoLC)1301547460 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001156179 100 $a20170302d2017|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSemiramis' legacy $ethe history of Persia according to Diodorus of Sicily /$fJan P. Stronk$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 606 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEdinburgh studies in ancient Persia 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Jun 2017). 311 $a1-4744-1425-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tSeries Editor?s Preface -- $tIntroduction: Diodorus? Work and Our Sources -- $t1 Diodorus? Sources -- $t2 Ancient History: Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Medes -- $t3 The Persians and the Greek Wars -- $t4 Revolt and Sedition -- $t5 Alexander the Great Defeats Darius III -- $t6 From Persepolis to Babylon -- $t7 The Period of the Diadochs: The Rift Opens -- $t8 The Period of the Diadochs: The Rift Deepens -- $t9 The Vicissitudes of the Diadoch Kingdoms: The Final Years of Diodorus? Persian Account -- $t10 Semiramis? Legacy -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Classical Sources -- $tIndex of Modern Authors -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aPresents and contextualises extracts from the Historical Library of Diodorus.

There are only a few detailed histories of Persia from Ancient Greek historiography that have survived time. Diodorus of Sicily, a first century BC author, is the only one to have written a comprehensive history (the Bibliotheca Historica or Historical Library) in which more than cursory attention is paid to Persia. The Bibliotheca Historica covers the entire period from Persia's prehistory until the arrival of the Parthians from the East and that of Roman power throughout Asia Minor and beyond from the West, around 750 years after Assyrian rule ended.

Diodorus' contribution to our knowledge of Persian history is therefore of great value for the modern historian of the Ancient Near East and in this book Jan Stronk provides the first complete translation of Diodorus' account of the history of Persia. He also examines and evaluates both Diodorus' account and the sources he used to compose his work, taking into consideration the historical, political and archaeological factors that may have played a role in the transmission of the evidence he used to acquire the raw material underlying his Bibliotheca.

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