hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
Athens (Greece) 356 0 Browse Search
Sicily (Italy) 224 0 Browse Search
Greece (Greece) 134 0 Browse Search
Syracuse (Italy) 124 0 Browse Search
Peloponnesus (Greece) 96 0 Browse Search
Italy (Italy) 90 0 Browse Search
Attica (Greece) 88 0 Browse Search
Asia 84 0 Browse Search
Agrigentum (Italy) 74 0 Browse Search
Boeotia (Greece) 70 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Diodorus Siculus, Library. Search the whole document.

Found 14 total hits in 5 results.

Agrigentum (Italy) (search for this): book 10, chapter 28
et the commons at variance with the administrators of the affairs of Syracuse, because men would think the latter were ruling the state to their own advantage and not to that of all the people nor on the principle of equality. TheronTyrant of Acragas, 488-472 B.C. of Acragas in birth and wealth, as well as in the humanity he displayed towards the commons, far surpassed not only his fellow citizens but also the other Sicilian Greeks.Const. Exc. 2 (1), p. 227. et the commons at variance with the administrators of the affairs of Syracuse, because men would think the latter were ruling the state to their own advantage and not to that of all the people nor on the principle of equality. TheronTyrant of Acragas, 488-472 B.C. of Acragas in birth and wealth, as well as in the humanity he displayed towards the commons, far surpassed not only his fellow citizens but also the other Sicilian Greeks.Const. Exc. 2 (1), p. 227.
Syracuse (Italy) (search for this): book 10, chapter 28
own the golden dedications and removing in particular the robe of the statue of Zeus in the making of which a large amount of gold had been used. And after sternly rebuking them as despoilers of the temple, he ordered them to return to the city, but he himself did not touch the dedications, since he was intent upon gaining a good name and he thought not only that one who had commenced a war of such magnitude should commit no sin against the deity, but also that he would set the commons at variance with the administrators of the affairs of Syracuse, because men would think the latter were ruling the state to their own advantage and not to that of all the people nor on the principle of equality. TheronTyrant of Acragas, 488-472 B.C. of Acragas in birth and wealth, as well as in the humanity he displayed towards the commons, far surpassed not only his fellow citizens but also the other Sicilian Greeks.Const. Exc. 2 (1), p. 227.
Gela (Italy) (search for this): book 10, chapter 28
Hippocrates, the tyrant of Gela, after his victory over the Syracusans,In the battle of Helorus, c. 491 B.C. pitched his camp in the temple area of Zeus. And he seized the person of the priest of the temple and certain Syracusans who were in the act of taking down the golden dedications and removing in particular the robe of the statue of Zeus in the making of which a large amount of gold had been used. And after sternly rebuking them as despoilers of the temple, he ordered them to return to the city, but he himself did not touch the dedications, since he was intent upon gaining a good name and he thought not only that one who had commenced a war of such magnitude should commit no sin against the deity, but also that he would set the commons at variance with the administrators of the affairs of Syracuse, because men would think the latter were ruling the state to their own advantage and not to that of
491 BC (search for this): book 10, chapter 28
Hippocrates, the tyrant of Gela, after his victory over the Syracusans,In the battle of Helorus, c. 491 B.C. pitched his camp in the temple area of Zeus. And he seized the person of the priest of the temple and certain Syracusans who were in the act of taking down the golden dedications and removing in particular the robe of the statue of Zeus in the making of which a large amount of gold had been used. And after sternly rebuking them as despoilers of the temple, he ordered them to return to the city, but he himself did not touch the dedications, since he was intent upon gaining a good name and he thought not only that one who had commenced a war of such magnitude should commit no sin against the deity, but also that he would set the commons at variance with the administrators of the affairs of Syracuse, because men would think the latter were ruling the state to their own advantage and not to that o
488 BC - 472 BC (search for this): book 10, chapter 28
wn the golden dedications and removing in particular the robe of the statue of Zeus in the making of which a large amount of gold had been used. And after sternly rebuking them as despoilers of the temple, he ordered them to return to the city, but he himself did not touch the dedications, since he was intent upon gaining a good name and he thought not only that one who had commenced a war of such magnitude should commit no sin against the deity, but also that he would set the commons at variance with the administrators of the affairs of Syracuse, because men would think the latter were ruling the state to their own advantage and not to that of all the people nor on the principle of equality. TheronTyrant of Acragas, 488-472 B.C. of Acragas in birth and wealth, as well as in the humanity he displayed towards the commons, far surpassed not only his fellow citizens but also the other Sicilian Greeks.Const. Exc. 2 (1), p. 227.