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On the Egyptians (Aegyptiaca)
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Known · Probablein Alexandria?Conjecturedvery likely class
I · The entry, in his form
In the table of History
Conjecturedvery likely classfl. c. 300 BCE. Wrote an idealised history of Egypt in Greek after visiting the country under Ptolemy I, as Diodorus says; Diodorus's own first book draws on it.
On the Egyptians
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Opening words not preserved.
Length: not counted
Above, his entry form, filled from what we know. Below, ours.
II · Does it survive? Where to read it
Survives in fragments
Much of Diodorus book 1 is thought to derive from it, though how much is debated.
Was it in Alexandria?
Known · ProbableWritten in Alexandria.
In the cupboard: written at Alexandria by a scholar or court writer a source places there.
Read it today
- Diodorus Siculus, Greek (Scaife Viewer) · the original · link checked 31 Oct 2026
III · In the show
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IV · Sources and the living entry
Ancient references
- Diodorus Siculus 1.10-98; 40.3
Modern scholarship (2)
- O. Murray, 'Hecataeus of Abdera and Pharaonic Kingship', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 56 (1970): 141-171.
- P. M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria, 3 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972)
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