Table of Contents

• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
  • Diodorus Siculus: Life and Background
  • The Bibliotheke I: Composition, Antecedents, Influences
  • The Bibliotheke II: Aims, Achievements, Criticism
  • The Persian Wars and the Pentekontaetia
• Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 11: 480-451 B.C.E.
• Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 12.1.1-12.37.1: 450-431 B.C.E.
• Appendix A: The Terminal Date of the Bibliotheke
• Appendix B: Athenian Losses in the Egyptian Campaign
• Maps 1-8
• Chronological Table
• Bibliography
• Index

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About the Author

Peter Green is James R. Dougherty, Jr., Centennial Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently he serves as Adjunct Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa and Editor of Syllecta Classica.