Diodorus of Sicily

Abstract This article offers a study of Thomas Hobbes’s reading of Diodorus Siculus, a Greek historiographer of the 1st century bc whom Hobbes called “the greatest antiquary perhap...

<p>The complex processes affecting the Tyrrhenian-Apennine System are inevitably reflected in Sicily, here considered as an independent plate starting from 5 Ma and l...

Italian Ornithological Commission (COI) - Report 28. This report refers to records from 2018, with the addition of a number of records from previous years which were submitted more...

The problems surrounding the bull of Phalaris have exercised ancient historians for well over a century now. The present study aims to open a new perspective in dealing with these ...

Italian Birds Rarities Committee (COI) - Report 29. This report refers to records from January 1st to December 31st 2019, with the addition of a number of records from previous yea...

Italian Ornithological Commission (COI) - Report 31. This report refers to records from January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, with the addition of a number of records from previo...

The chapter starts with a discussion on the historical characters that may have contributed to Diodorus’ imaginary picture of Semiramis. The chapter also make clear that Diodorus c...

In Semiramis’ Legacy , the history of Persia (in its widest sense) is followed as it has been described by the Greek author Diodorus of Sici...