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.
Translated by G. Booth
English translation by G. Booth (1814 reprint of his earlier rendering). Public domain. Digital text via Wikisource, The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian/Book I.