The options below allow you to export the current entry into plain text or into your citation manager. According to diodorus own work, he was born at agyrium in sicily now called agira. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. He was also the author of annals of samos, in at least twelve books. Diodorus siculus or diodorus of sicily was an ancient greek historian. Histos supplement comedy and history, theory and evidence in duris of samos christopher baron abstract. In two instances, in fact, she alerts the reader to alternative delimitations of a fragment which jacoby either ignored or dismissed. Some examples from duris of samos article pdf available march 2011 with 75 reads how we measure reads. The delimitation of fragments in jacobys fgrhist greek, roman. This is the first commentary in english devoted exclusively to the surviving epigrams and fragments of asclepiades of samos, a hellenistic poet who exerted great influence on the work of his contemporaries and helped shape the genre of literary epigram for many generations. Duris of samos is significant enough, among lost hellenistic historian paragraph or. Duris of samos or douris was a greek historian and was at some period tyrant of samos. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Kebric, caesar, duris of samos, and the death of tragic history.
Many think that pythagoras was the son of mnesarchus, but they differ as to the latters race. This paper oers a brief investigation of what the fragments of the thirdcentury bce author duris of samos reveal about the relationship between comedy and history. Douris, greek historiographer of the early hellenistic period b. He turned to politics after the peace of nicias 421 b. Discover librarianselected research resources on greek art from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Greek, roman, and byzantine studies 51 2011, 86110. Duris of samos was a greek historian and was at some period tyrant of samos. Epigrams and fragments 0 by asclepiades, alexander sens isbn.
Jacoby hard copy november 15, 2014 january 18, 2016 j. It originally consisted of twentysix or more books and dealt with the history of macedonia from 370 b. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Duris of samos fgrhist 76, jacoby included either too much or too little. Duris was the author of a narrative history of events in greece and macedonia from 371 bc to 281 bc, which has been lost. There is, however, evidence that duris of samos used the expression exxtvlk6s noxepios in his history see ashton n. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. By a study of the fragments of phylarchus, duris of samos, and agatharchides of cnidus it emerges that the tragic historians aimed at arousing the readers pity through the use of literary enargeia for the twin purposes of honouring the memory of the victims of atrocities and teaching the reader not to commit such atrocities himself. Nothing but fragments of his writings remain, which show that they were no more than uncritical collections of material carelessly treated. Duris claimed to be a descendant of alcibiades, 1 and was the brother of lynceus of samos. Bibliotheca historica wikipedia republished wiki 2. Pdf duris of samos and the diadochi frances pownall. As a famine had arisen in samos, mnesarchus went thither to trade, and was naturalized there.
It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three. How these other historians referred to the lamian war is unknown. The most important are from the historical work makedonika sometimes also historiai, which duris may have written in his old age. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Dalby 1991 the curriculum vitae of duris of samos cq 41, 539541, and c. Duris, of samos, greek historian, according to his own account a descendant of alcibiades, was born about 340 b. The irst is that more than half of the extant fragments come from athenaeus or. Baron 2011 the delimitation of fragments in jacobys fgrhist. Other works by duris included a life of agathocles of syracuse, which was a source for books 1921 of the historical library of diodorus siculus. He is known for writing the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 bc. He is known for the monumental universal history bibliotheca historica. The first printing of the greek original at basel in 1535 contained only books 1620.
A kindly judgment upon such errors may be found in the words of cicero when he acknowledges that the story was generally recognized to be incorrect that eupolis, the poet of old comedy, was thrown into the sea by alcibiades, and adds. Some examples from duris of samos examination of fgrhist 76 duris, especially fragments 2, and 69, can clarify the scope of ancient quotation of nowlost authors and illustrate the variety of problems that arise in identifying the boundaries of fragments. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Pdf examination of fgrhist 76 duris, especially fragments 2, and 69, can clarify. The earliest extant manuscript of bibliotheca historica is from about 10th century. Dia memiliki seorang putra bernama scaeus, yang menang dalam cabang tinju kelompok junior di olimpiade kuno sementara orangorang samian lainnya berada di pengasingan, sebelum 324 sm. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of troy, arranged geographically, describing regions around the world from egypt, india and arabia to europe. He lived in the late 4th and early 3rd centuries bc and was a pupil of theophrastus. Diodorus siculus was a greek historian, who wrote works of history between 60 and 30 b. Early greek philosophy, volume i loeb classical library.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Dari 352 hingga 324 samos diduduki oleh athena yang telah mengusir penduduk asli samian. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The surviving fragments of duris might be characterised as romantic. Pdf the delimitation of fragments in jacobys fgrhist. A greek physician from ephesus, who lived in the first half of the 2nd century a. Diodoros sikeliotes was a greek historian, who wrote works of history between 60 and 30 bc.
He is known for the monumental universal history bibliotheca. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of egypt book i, of mesopotamia, india, scythia, and arabia ii, of north africa iii, and of. To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom. Of the family of alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of pericles and was for many years a devoted attendant of socrates. The historical work is only preserved in fragments it became a source for later. Duris also wrote historical annals of samos arranged according to the lists of the priests of hera. This article presents the testimonia and the fragments of the hellenistic historian duris of samos, an author practically unpublished in any modern language, along with an introduction and a. Not only is there similarity between portions of diodorus and certain fragments of duris book 20. Publication date 1841 publisher typis mandaverunt l. Only fragments of all these writings are known, from casual.
Diodorus siculus, library of history, volume i loeb. By purchasing books through this website, you support our nonprofit organization. Timaeus of tauromenium and hellenistic historiography by. Identified authors on whose works he drew include hecataeus of abdera, ctesias of cnidus, ephorus, theopompus, hieronymus of cardia, duris of samos. But surely that is no reason for sneering at duris of samos, who was a careful scholar, because he erred in. The curriculum vitae of duris of samos the classical quarterly.
Under the influence of the peripatetics he wrote a variety of books on. Parts of eight of duriss works survive, ranging from 33 fragments of his. This book provides an uptodate study of his work and shows that both the nature of the evidence and modern assumptions about historical writing in the hellenistic period have skewed our treatment and judgement of lost historians. He must have been born and passed his early years in exile, since from 352 to 324 samos was occupied by athenian cleruchs, who had expelled the original inhabitants. Duris of samos article about duris of samos by the free.
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