Loeb Classical Library Diodorus Siculus Library Of History 12 Vol Green HC Set

$ 304.13

Genre: Ancient Literature, History Book Series: Other Country of Origin: United States Book Title: Diodorus Siculus Library of History Author: Diodorus Siculus, Charles Henry Oldfather, Russell M. Geer, Charles Lincoln Sherman, Francis R. Walton, Charles Bradford Welles gtin13: Does Not Apply Intended Audience: Adults Features: Dust Jacket Publisher: Harvard University Press Format: Hardcover Original Language: Greek ISBN: Does Not Apply Topic: History, Reference Narrative Type: Nonfiction Signed: No Language: English, Ancient Greek

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Brand/Publisher: Harvard University Press for the Loeb Classical Library series, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Title: Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, offered here as the complete twelve-volume Loeb Classical Library hardcover edition. Author: Diodorus Siculus; translators represented in the set include C. H. Oldfather, Russell M. Geer, Charles L. Sherman, Francis R. Walton, and C. Bradford Welles, providing modern English translations facing the original Ancient Greek text. Format: Uniform set of twelve green cloth hardcover volumes with matching green Loeb Classical Library dust jackets, presenting the Greek text and English translation on facing pages in dual-language format. Volume contents and ranges: The volumes cover the surviving books of Diodorus's Library of History across the series, with individual jackets indicating book ranges such as Books 1–2.34, 2.35–4.58, 4.59–8, 9–12.40, 12.41–13, 14–15.19, 15.20–16.65, 16.66–17, 18.1–65, 19.66–20, and 21–32; the Loeb Classical Library edition of Diodorus Siculus is issued in twelve volumes. Cover and design details: Each dust jacket features the classic Loeb green color with Greek-key border, series title at the top, central medallion device, and wording "Diodorus Siculus, Library of History" with the relevant book numbers, over green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine with author, title, Loeb series number, and the Harvard imprint at the foot. Content overview: Diodorus's Library of History presents a wide-ranging universal history of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, combining mythological narratives and historical accounts of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Hellenistic kingdoms; the Loeb edition provides introductions, explanatory notes, and scholarly apparatus that make the text suitable for close study and reliable reference. Genre/Topics: Ancient literature, Greek historiography, universal history, classical studies, and historical reference, valuable for research on classical civilization, mythology, and the political and cultural history of the ancient world. Language and audience: Parallel Ancient Greek and English texts intended for adult readers, including students and scholars of classics and ancient history as well as general readers seeking an authoritative bilingual edition. Features: Green cloth hardcovers with dust jackets, Loeb Classical Library series numbering on the spines, scholarly introductions and footnotes by each translator, indexes of proper names and other reference aids in later volumes, and printing on acid-free paper for durability. Identifiers and publication details: Loeb Classical Library volumes published by Harvard University Press; one visible volume shows ISBN: 978-0-674-99482-5; EAN: 9780674994825, with similar individual ISBN barcodes printed on the rear jackets of the remaining volumes. Printing information notes production on acid-free paper and binding by The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group. Additional notes: Twelve-volume hardcover set only as pictured; all volumes retain their dust jackets, no slipcase is included, and there are no author or translator signatures or supplemental media.

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