Diodorus Siculus: The Reign of Philip II : The Greek and Macedonian Narrative from Book XVI by Diodorus Siculus, Translated by E.I. McQueen - 1995

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Harvard University Press, January 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Loeb volume 6 of the Library of History of Diodorus Siculus. Contains history from 404 to 383 B.C.: the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Text in Greek with facing English translation. First edition, second printing (1963). Book in Very Good condition. Dust jacket fair, with some tearing. Green cloth cover very good. Gold lettering sharp on spine. Bookplate on inside front cover. No other marks noted in text. Binding sound. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

Signs of previous ownership (cigar smoker). DJ with wear on sping, and edges. Slight bumping on corners and edges. Pages clean and bright. 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 BCE. 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. 1993. T6.

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.

Image of actual book: DJ is intact but has damage and signs of previous ownership (cigar smoker) and writing. DJ with rips, fading, 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 1-5 (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. 1989. T6.

Loeb Classical Library, 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Harvard University Press, 2000 12mo (17 cm), VI, 433 pp, 2 folding maps. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80-20 BCE, 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 BCE); history to 54 BCE. Of this we have complete Books I-V (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books XI-XX (Greek history 480-302 BCE); 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. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diodorus Siculus is in twelve volumes." (publisher's synopsis)

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.