Greece

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Didyma

Didyma: oracle of Apollo near Miletus, also known as Branchidae. Didyma, temple of Apollo Didyma was the oracular shrine of Apollo at…

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Dio Chrysostom

Dio Cocceianus of Prusa (c. 40 - after 112; also known as Chrysostom, "goldvoice"): Greek politician and philosopher, and -by some definitions- one of the first representatives of the Second Sophistic. …

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Diodorus on Dioxippus and Coragus

Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In the first weeks of 325, Alexander was almost mortally wounded, the Greek settlers in Sogdia revolted, and the way back…

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Diodorus on Himera

Battle of Himera (480 BCE): decisive Syracusan victory over the Carthaginians, which secured Syracuse's hegemonial position in the fifth century. This is the translation of Diodorus, World History 11.20-23, made by C.H. Oldfather.The Carthaginians, we recall, had agreed with the Persians…

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