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Description of  The History of the Diadochoi in book XIX of Diodoros Bibliotheke: A Historical and Historiographical Commentary (Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte)

Diodoros of Sicily's book XIX is the main source for the history of the Diadochoi, Alexander the Great's Successors, from 317 to 311 BCE. With the first full-scale commentary on this text in any language Alexander Meeus offers a detailed and reliable guide to the complicated historical narrative and the fascinating ethnographic information transmitted by Diodoros, which includes the earliest accounts of Indian widow burning and Nabataean culture. Read more