Diodorus Siculus and the First Century / / Kenneth S. Sacks.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sacks, Kenneth S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1109
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Living in Rome during the last years of the Republic, Diodorus of Sicily produced the most expansive history of the ancient world that has survived from antiquity--the Bibliotheke. Whereas Diodorus himself has been commonly seen as a "mere copyist" of earlier historical traditions, Kenneth Sacks explores the complexity of his work to reveal a historian with a distinct point of view indicative of his times.Sacks focuses on three areas of Diodorus's history writing: methods of organization and style, broad historical and philosophical themes, and political sentiments. Throughout, Diodorus introduced his own ideas or refashioned those found in his sources. In particular, his negative reaction to Roman imperial rule helps to illuminate the obscure tradition of opposition historiography and to explain the shape and structure of the Bibliotheke. Viewed as a unified work reflecting the intellectual and political beliefs of the late Hellenistic period, the Bibliotheke will become an important source for interpreting first-century moral, political, and intellectual values.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: The Argument -- CHAPTER ONE. Prooemia -- CHAPTER TWO. Themes in Historical Causality -- CHAPTER THREE. Culture's Progress -- CHAPTER FOUR. Aspects of History Writing -- CHAPTER FIVE. Diodorus on Rome -- CHAPTER SIX. Diodorus in the World of Caesar and Octavian -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX ONE. Sicilian Enfranchisement -- APPENDIX TWO. Posidonius on Italian Knights -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN DIODORUS -- INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN OTHER AUTHORS -- INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT GREEK TERMS -- GENERAL INDEX