Diodorus Siculus — Diodorus redirects here. For other uses, see Diodorus (disambiguation). Diodorus Siculus (Greek: Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης, Diodoros Sikeliotes) was a Greek historian who flourished between 60 and 30 BC. According to Diodorus own work, he was born at… … Wikipedia
Diodorus Siculus — Historian late first century BC. The Greek author Diodorus Siculus made a brief visit to Egypt in c.59 BC, and he devoted Book I of his History to aspects of ancient Egypt. Although his first hand experience of the country enabled him utilise … Ancient Egypt
Diodorus Siculus — /duy oh dawr euhs sik yeuh leuhs, dohr / late 1st century B.C., Greek historian. * * * ▪ Greek historian flourished 1st century BC, Agyrium, Sicily Greek historian, the author of a universal history, Bibliothēkē (“Library”; known in Latin… … Universalium
DIODORUS SICULUS — historian, born in Sicily, of the age of Augustus; conceived the idea of writing a universal history; spent 30 years at the work; produced what he called The Historical Library, which embraced the period from the earliest ages to the end of… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Eryx (Sicily) — Eryx (Greek: polytonic|Ἔρυξ), was an ancient city and a mountain in the west of Sicily, about 10 km from Drepana (modern Trapani), and 3 km from the sea coast. It was located at the site of modern Erice.The mountainThe mountain ( Mons Eryx , Plin … Wikipedia
History of Sicily — The history of Sicily has seen it usually controlled by greater powers mdash;Roman, Vandal, Byzantine, Islamic, Hohenstaufen, Catalan, Spanish mdash;but also experiencing periods of independence, as under the Greeks and later as the Emirate then… … Wikipedia
Apollonia (Sicily) — Apollonia (Greek: polytonic|Ἀπολλωνία) was an ancient city of Sicily, which, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, was situated in the neighborhood of Aluntium and Calacte. Cicero also mentions it ( Or. in Verr. iii. 43) and in conjunction with… … Wikipedia
Orion (mythology) — For other uses, see Orion (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Arion. An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer s Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library) Orion (Greek: Ὠρίων … Wikipedia
Carthage — Infobox World Heritage Site Name = Site of Carthage infoboxwidth= 250px State Party = TUN Type = Cultural Criteria = ii, iii, vi ID = 37 Region = Arab States Year = 1979 Session = 3rdCarthage ( gr. Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn , la. Carthago, from the… … Wikipedia
Pytheas — of Massilia (Ancient Greek Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης), 4th century BC, was a Greek geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille, France). He made a voyage of exploration to northwestern Europe possibly no earlier than around … Wikipedia
