§1.arg.0τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν Διοδώρου βίβλων. προοίμιον τῆς ὅλης πραγματείας.
The following are contained in the first of the books of Diodorus: Introduction to the entire work.
περὶ τῶν παρʼ Αἰγυπτίοις λεγομένων περὶ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεως.
On what is said among the Egyptians concerning the generation of the universe.
περὶ τῶν ὅσοι πόλεις ἔκτισαν κατʼ Αἴγυπτον.
On all those who founded cities in Egypt.
περὶ τῶν πρώτων γενομένων ἀνθρώπων καὶ τοῦ παλαιοτάτου βίου.
On the first humans who came into being and the most ancient way of life.
περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀθανάτων τιμῆς καὶ τῆς τῶν ναῶν κατασκευῆς.
On the honor of the immortals and the construction of temples.
περὶ τῆς τοποθεσίας τῆς κατʼ Αἴγυπτον χώρας καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Νεῖλον ποταμὸν παραδοξολογουμένων, τῆς τε τούτου πληρώσεως τὰς αἰτίας καὶ τῶν ἱστορικῶν καὶ φιλοσόφων ἀποφάσεις.
On the topography of the land of Egypt and the marvels told about the Nile River, the causes of its flooding, and the assertions of historians and philosophers.
περὶ τῶν πρώτων γενομένων κατʼ Αἴγυπτον βασιλέων καὶ τῶν κατὰ μέρος αὐτῶν πράξεων.
On the first kings who ruled in Egypt and their individual deeds.
περὶ κατασκευῶν τῶν πυραμίδων τῶν ἀναγραφομένων ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ θαυμαζομένοις ἔργοις.
On the construction of the pyramids, which are recorded among the seven wonders.
περὶ τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν δικαστηρίων.
On the laws and the courts of justice.
περὶ τῶν ἀφιερωμένων ζῴων παρʼ Αἰγυπτίοις.
On the sacred animals among the Egyptians.
περὶ τῶν νομίμων τῶν περὶ τοὺς τετελευτηκότας παρʼ
αἰγυπτίοις γενομένων.
On the customs practiced among the Egyptians concerning the dead.
περὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὅσοι τῶν ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ θαυμαζομένων παραβαλόντες εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ πολλὰ τῶν χρησίμων μαθόντες μετήνεγκαν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
On all those Greeks admired for their learning who visited Egypt, and having learned many useful things, brought them to Greece.