Bibliotheca Historica : Legare Street Press : 9781020106200 : 1020106204 : 18 Jul 2023 : This Latin-language book is a volume of the Bibliotheca Historica, a major work of ancient Greek historiography by the Sicilian writer Diodorus Siculus. In this volume (the second of five), Diodorus covers Greek history from the Persian Wars to the rise of Alexander the Great. This edition, edited by the German classical scholar Heinrich Carl Abraham Eichstaedt, includes extensive notes and commentary to help readers understand the text. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserve