Diodorus’ Mythistory and the Pagan Mission: Historiography and Culture-heroes in the First Pentad of the Bibliotheke PDF
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Diodorus’ Mythistory and the Pagan Mission Mnemosyne Supplements Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature EditorialBoard G.J. Boter A. Chaniotis K.M. Coleman I.J.F. de Jong T. Reinhardt VOLUME331 Diodorus’ Mythistory and the Pagan Mission Historiography and Culture-heroes in the Bibliotheke First Pentad of the By Iris Sulimani LEIDEN•BOSTON 2011 Onthecover:EdgarDegas:SemiramisbuildingBabylon,1861.Muséed’Orsay,Paris. Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Sulimani,Iris. Diodorus'mythistoryandthepaganmission:historiographyandculture-heroesinthefirst pentadoftheBibliotheke/byIrisSulimani. p.cm.–(Mnemosynesupplements.MonographsonGreekandLatinlanguageand literature,ISSN0169-8958;331) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-19406-9(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Diodorus,Siculus.Bibliothecahistorica.Book1-5.2.History,Ancient–Historiography.3. Mythology,Greek–Historiography.4.Mythology,Greek,inliterature.I.Title. D58.D23S852011 930–dc22 2010052749 ISSN 0169-8958 ISBN 9789004194069 Copyright2011byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. ForEran CONTENTS Maps ................................................................... ix Preface ................................................................. xiii ListofAbbreviations................................................... xv Introduction ........................................................... 1 parti originalityindiodorus’historiography ChapterOne.TheGenre:UniversalHistory.......................... 21 ChapterTwo.TheUseofSources:Diodorus’PredecessorsandHis OwnContribution.................................................. 57 ChapterThree.WorkingMethods:EmphasisonOrganizationand OrderlyDiscussions ................................................ 109 part ii mythandhistoryindiodorus’firstfive books ChapterFour.MythicalHistoryandActualGeography:Legendary HeroesWanderingalongRealPaths ............................... 165 ChapterFive.ThePaganMission:MythicalHeroesintheService ofMankind.......................................................... 229 ChapterSix.MissionariesandRecipients:TheRelationships betweenDiodorus’HeroesandTheirAddressees ................. 307 Conclusions............................................................ 335 Bibliography ........................................................... 349 GeneralIndex.......................................................... 383 IndexofSignificantGreekTerms ..................................... 409 MAPS
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