King Croesus, watching Persian soldiers sack [his capital city], is supposed to have asked the Persian King Cyrus, 'What is it that all those men of …

- Diodorus Siculus

It is absurd to entrust the defense of a country to people who own nothing in it.

- Diodorus Siculus

He (King Philip) wanted as many Greeks as possible to take part in the festivities in honour of the gods, and so planned brilliant musical contests a…

- Diodorus Siculus

Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles,…

- Diodorus Siculus

Now when the ancient Egyptians, awestruck and wondering, turned their eyes to the heavens, they concluded that two gods, the sun and the moon, were p…

- Diodorus Siculus

Medicine for the soul.

- Diodorus Siculus

Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia) ...He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to supp…

- Diodorus Siculus

Over the door of the library in Thebes is the inscription "Medicine for the soul.

- Diodorus Siculus

The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous.

- Diodorus Siculus