2025年2月14日 · Diodorus Siculus lists twelve Amazons who challenged and died fighting Heracles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle: Aella, Philippis, Prothoe, Eriboea, Celaeno, Eurybia, Phoebe, Deianeira, Asteria, Marpe, Tecmessa, and Alcippe. After Alcippe's death, a group attack followed.

2025年2月14日 · The Odrysian kingdom (/ oʊˈdrɪʒən /; Ancient Greek: Βασίλειον Ὀδρυσῶν) was an ancient Thracian state that thrived between the early 5th century BC and the early 3rd / late 1st century BC.

2025年2月16日 · In 316 BC, Persepolis was still the capital of Persia as a province of the great Macedonian Empire (see Diodorus Siculus xix, 21 seq., 46; probably after Hieronymus of Cardia, who was living about 326). The city must have gradually declined in the course of time.

2025年1月31日 · Antipater’s contemporary, Diodorus Siculus, makes reference to the Seven Wonders of the World when discussing a particularly impressive obelisk constructed by Semiramis, the legendary Babylonian queen, which was apparently counted among them. Even in antiquity, it appears that the list of Seven Wonders was not set in stone.

2025年1月24日 · Diodorus Siculus, who wrote in the reign of Augustus, gives a particular account of the manner in which that valuable metal was dug and prepared by the Britons.

2025年2月5日 · Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

2025年2月14日 · Diodorus Siculus, an ancient Greek historian, provides an account of Hercules placing the Pillars as a monument to himself. There are other versions of the myth, too. In some, instead of splitting a mountain, Hercules narrowed a sea passage to stop sea monsters from getting into the Mediterranean Sea.

2025年2月11日 · The ancient city of Locri Epizephyrii, on the other hand, stretched within a 7 km wall, within which were the necropolises, sacred areas and monumental sanctuaries, such as the Shrine of Persephone, defined by Diodorus Siculus as …

2025年2月10日 · Ancient Greek historian Diodorus Siculus observed that Celts commonly carried long swords on their right, suspended by an iron or bronze chain. Some Celtic tribes, like the Parisi of Yorkshire, carried their swords across their …

2025年2月9日 · There was a certain Syrian slave, belonging to Antigenes of Enna; he was an Apamean by birth and had an aptitude for magic and the working of wonders. He claimed to foretell the future, by divine command, through dreams, and because of his talent along these lines deceived many.