Diodorus Siculus

American  

[dahy-oh-dawr-uhs sik-yuh-luhs, -dohr-] / ˌdaɪ oʊˈdɔr əs ˈsɪk yə ləs, -ˈdoʊr- /

noun

1. late 1st century b.c., Greek historian.

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Diodorus Siculus British  

/ ˌdaɪəˈdɔːrəs ˈsɪkjʊləs /

noun

1. 1st century _bc , Greek historian, noted for his history of the world in 40 books, of which 15 are extant

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Example Sentences

The earliest surviving text is believed to be from historian Diodorus Siculus, probably written around the 30s B.C., a few centuries after Alexander’s death.

From National Geographic

For instance, neither Herodotus nor Diodorus Siculus mentioned mercenaries in their reports of the first Battle of Himera, a fierce struggle in 480 B.C. in which the Greeks from various Sicilian cities united to beat back a Carthaginian invasion.

From New York Times

According to Greek historians such as Diodorus Siculus and Herodotus, Greeks from various Sicilian cities united to help Himera fend off the Carthaginian invaders, sending heavily armed citizen soldiers into the fray.

From Science Magazine

Hume’s essay marks an intellectual shift because he expects numbers to be accurate; no one before 1650 or so complained that Diodorus Siculus’s or Diogenes Laertius’s numbers were untrustworthy, because they expected nothing else and their own numbers were equally unreliable.

From Literature

US natural-history museums haunt classicist Clara Bosak-Schroeder’s study of how ancient Greek historians Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus portrayed non-Greek peoples, such as Ethiopians and Persians.

From Nature