Diyllus (), probably the son of Phanodemus the
Atthidographer (a chronicler of the local history of
Athens
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and
Attica
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), wrote a
universal history Universal history may refer to:
* Universal history (genre), a literary genre
**''Jami' al-tawarikh'', 14th-century work of literature and history, produced by the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia
** Universal History (Sale et al), ''Universal History'' ...
of the years 357–296 BC. His work seems to have been a continuation of
Ephorus' history, and was itself continued by Psaon of Plataea. The work was in 26 books, though only fragments survive. Both the historian
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental Universal history (genre), universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty ...
and the biographer
Plutarch
Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...
valued Diyllus as a competent authority.
References
*Felix Jacoby, ''Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker'', (1923).
*Albin Lesky, ''A History of Greek Literature'', (1966).
*''Oxford Classical Dictionary'' (1949).
* Christopher Tuplin, "Universal Histories (''Hellenica'')", in Marincola (ed.) ''A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography''.
External links
Diyllus: Fragmentsat attalus.org
3rd-century BC Greek historians
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