Diodorus Siculus

[ dahy-oh-dawr-uhs sik-yuh-luhs, -dohr- ]

noun

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

Diodorus Siculus

/ ˌdaɪəˈdɔːrəs ˈsɪkjʊləs /

noun

1. Diodorus Siculus1st century bc1st century bcGreekHISTORY: historian 1st century bc , Greek historian, noted for his history of the world in 40 books, of which 15 are extant

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

The condemned were roasted inside a hollow bronze bull, their screams, according to the first-century B.C. historian Diodorus Siculus, channeled into small sounding pipes to mimic the bellowing of an enraged beast.

From New York Times