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Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC). Sicilian Greek historian; author of the Library of History.

• Library of History, Book I c. 60–30 BC Book I of Diodorus’s Library: the origin of the world and of civilized life in Egypt; Osiris and Isis; the Nile and the land of Egypt; the early kings; and Egyptian customs and religion—including the rites Holydaze and Hislop return to.
• Library of History, Book II c. 60–30 BC Book II of Diodorus’s Library: Ninus, Semiramis, and the Assyrian empire (chiefly from Ctesias), with related Median and Chaldaean material.