Diodore de Sicile

1st-century BC Greek historian · 90–20 BC

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Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Ancient Greek: Διόδωρος, romanized: Diódōros; fl. 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica, in forty books, fifteen of which survive intact, between 60 and 30 BC. […]

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Season 9.1 · 23 Oct 2020#2 Benefits and harms of amnesia...

24:35Historical LibraryMnemosyne invents reasoning, imposes names on beings, and gives the means to remember.
37:48His text grounds the answer to the listener.
54:32He is right to speak of the things we want to remember: there are others.