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Diodorus Siculus · Bibliotheca Historica §3.arg.0

Table of Contents for Book 3

Passage 161 of 406 · Greek

Summary

This is the table of contents for Book 3 of Diodorus' Library of History, listing the topics of each chapter including the Ethiopians beyond Libya, the gold mines of Egypt, the unusual customs of the peoples along the Red Sea and the ocean, and the myths of Libya and Nysa (such as the Amazons, Titans, and Dionysus).

§3.arg.0τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ. τῶν Διοδώρου βίβλων.
The following are contained in the third of the books of Diodorus.
περὶ Αἰθιόπων τῶν ὑπὲρ τῆς Λιβύης καὶ τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἀρχαιολογουμένων.
On the Ethiopians who dwell beyond Libya, and the ancient history related among them.
περὶ τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐσχατιαῖς τῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῆς κατασκευῆς τοῦ χρυσοῦ.
On the gold mines in the furthest borders of Egypt, and the processing of gold.
περὶ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐθνῶν τὴν παράλιον τὴν παρὰ τὸν Ἀραβικὸν κόλπον καὶ καθόλου πᾶσαν τὴν παρὰ τὸν ὠκεανὸν μέχρι τῆς Ἰνδικῆς. ἐν δὲ τούτοις δηλοῦται τὰ κατὰ μέρος ἔθνη τίσι νομίμοις χρῆται καὶ παρὰ τίνας αἰτίας πολλὰ παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἱστορεῖται παντελῶς ἐξηλλαγμένα καὶ διὰ τὸ παράδοξον ἀπιστούμενα.
On the nations inhabiting the coast along the Arabian Gulf, and in general all the coast along the ocean as far as India; and among these nations it is made clear what customs each of them uses, and for what reasons many things related among them are completely different from others and disbelieved because of their marvellous nature.
περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Λιβύην ἀρχαιολογουμένων καὶ περὶ Γοργόνων καὶ Ἀμαζονίδων καὶ Ἄμμωνος καὶ Ἄτλαντος ἱστορουμένων.
On the ancient history of Libya, and the stories told about the Gorgons and Amazons, and Ammon and Atlas.
περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Νῦσαν μυθολογουμένων, ἐν οἷς ἐστι καὶ περὶ Τιτάνων καὶ Διονύσου καὶ μητρὸς θεῶν.
On the mythical accounts concerning Nysa, among which are also those concerning the Titans, Dionysus, and the Mother of the Gods.

Notes

  1. 3.arg.0δηλοῦται — The subject of the verb δηλοῦται (third-person singular passive) is the subsequent indirect question clause starting with τίσι νομίμοις χρῆται... Within this clause, the neuter plural subjects τὰ κατὰ μέρος ἔθνη and πολλά take the third-person singular verbs χρῆται and ἱστορεῖται respectively, in accordance with the rule of neuter plural subjects taking singular verbs.
  2. 3.arg.0ἐν οἷς — The relative pronoun οἷς (neuter plural dative) has as its antecedent the preceding phrase τῶν κατὰ τὴν Νῦσαν μυθολογουμένων (the mythical accounts concerning Nysa, neuter plural genitive).

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Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica §3.arg.0. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.humanitext-grc5:3.arg.0

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