Diodorus Siculus

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The FRAGMENTS out of the History of Diodorus the Sicilian, Publish'd by H. Valesius.

ACtaeon pull'd in pieces between those that strove for him. See Archias, Lib. 6. Sect. 15. Page 743
Agathocles; Kill'd with a Thunderbolt, l 6. s 16. ibid.
—His Revenge upon his Soldiers that kill'd his Son, l 2•. s 2. 748
Archias his vile love to Actaeon a virtuous young Boy, l 6. s 15. 743
Astyages King of the Medes his Cruelty towards his subjects, l 6. s 30. 745
Adrastus by Chance kill'd Atys the Son of Croesus; Kills himself for it, l 6. s 32 ibid.
Atys. See Adrastus, ibid.
Aeneas his Care of his Father when Troy was taken, l 6. s 8. 742
Aristogon; his praise l 6. s 46. 747
Antigonus; one a private Man Kill'd through his Ambition, l 21. s 1. 748
Apollodorus, King of Cassandria in Macedonia, his Cruelty, l 22. s 5. 750
Attilius Regulus, the Roman General, his Misfortunes at Carthage, routed by Xanthippus, l 23. s 1. 751
Antiochus the Great, his Acts, l 26. s 28 to 33. 757
—His strange familiarity with ordinary fellows l 26. s 43. 758
—Epiphanes his foolish and light Carriage at Sports and in Feasts, ibid. s 67, 68, 69. 761
Antiochus Cyzienus addicted to Puppit-Plays &c. hunting wild Beasts in the night, l 34. s 25. 774
Aradians slew the Ambassadors, sent to them from the Marathenians, l 26. s 97. 767
Arsases, King of Parthia, his praise, l 26. s 107. 769
Attalus his cruelty, l 34. s 9. 771
Athenaeus, Antiochus's General, abusive in his Quarters, afterwards was famish'd to Death because none would relieve him by reason of his former abuses, l 34. s 16. 722
Asellus; See Lucius Asellus, 776

Bias, one of the Seven Wise Men, His noble Entertainment and Redemption of Captive-Virgins, l 6. s 28. 744

Castor and Pollux, l 6. s 1. 741
Chilo, one of the Seven wise Men, l 6. s 26. 744
Cyrus; his Praise, l 6. s 29, 31, 34. 744
Croesus, Cyrus his Kindness to him, l 6. s 33, 34. 745
Cambyses, l 6. s 44. 747
Cimon, his love to his Dead Father, l 6. s 51.
—His Praise, 52. 748
Carthaginians; their War with the Mercenaries. See War. 752
—Their Cruelty towards the Micatanian Revolters, l 26. s 10. 754
Cretians; their Treachery to the Citizens of Siphnus,
Corinth; Rebuilt by Julius Caesar, l 26. s 92. 766
Caius Gracchus; his Head sold by his tr〈…〉rous Friend Lucius Metellius for its Weight in Gold, l 34. s 22. 773
—Drew out the Brains, and pour'd in Lead to make it weigh heavier. ibid.
Caius Marius, one of the Ambassadors sent to Metellus, despis'd by him, but belov'd by the Soldiers, l 34. s 28. 775
Caius Domitius; See Pompaedius.

Dromichares King of Thrace, his kind Usage of Lysimachus and his Son when he had them prisoners.
Demetrius Nicanor King of Syria his Cruelty l 26.
Demetrius Son of Philip King of Macedon murder'd by his Father through the instigation of his Brother Perseus, l 26. s 39. 758
Decius, Treacherously kill'd all the Rheglans, l 22. s 1. 750
—His end, ibid
Diegulis King of Thrace his cruelties, l 26. s 104, 105. 769

Eleans, Consecrated to Jupiter by the Policy of the Lacedemonians, l 6. s 12. 742
Eucephus, his Treachery concerning Polychares his Cattel, and his Cruelty, l 6. s 14. 742
Eumenes; his Kindness to his Brother Attalus, tho' he had married his Queen in his absence, upon news of his death, l 26. s 44. 759
—His other Acts, s 48. ibid.
—His Praise, s. 66. 761
Eumenes King of Parthia his Cruelty, raz'd a great part of Babylon.

Fimbria; encouraged his Soldiers to plunder, l 37. s 11, 12.
—His Cruelties, s 13. 779

Gauls; their Cruelty, l 26. s 65. 761
Gorgus Father and Son, their remarkable love one to another.

Hippomenes, caus'd his own Daughter to be eaten up by a Horse, l 6. s 20. 743
Hamilcar; his cruel usage by the Sons of Attalus, l 24. s 5. 752
Hannibal, his Acts, l 26. s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 753
—His Praise, s 36. 757
Hieronymus King of Syracuse murder'd by his Subjects, l 26. s 7, 8. 754
Hasdrubal; his Commendation, l 26. s 11. 754

Julius Caesar his praise, l 26. s 92. 766
—Rebuilt Corinth, ibid.
Jugurtha Besieged his Brother Adherball in Cinna, took the place, and unnaturally slew his Brother, l 34. s 23. 77•

Lycurgus, l 6. s 11. 742
Lucius Tarquinius King of the Romans his praise, l 6. s 23. 744
Lucretia, her story, l 6. s 48. 747
Lysimachus kindly us'd by the Thracians, when he was prisoner, l 21. s 3, 4. 74•
—Sent to Seleucus to have Demetrius kill'd s 10. 749
Lucius Asellius, a prudent Governor of Sicily, his praises, l 36. s 8, 9. 776

Mynderidyes the Syberite, his state and grandeur, l 6. s 19. 743
Myso, one of the seven wise Men, l 6. s 25. 744
Messina; the Citizens murder'd by the Mamertines, received as Friends, l 21. s 9. 749
Metellus Quintus; Son of Metellus, his great love to his Father, and care to have him restor'd from banishment, l 36. s 3. 775
Mucius Scaevola, see Scevola, 776
Mithridates; his Clemency towards the Roman Soldiers, and his successes in Asia, l 37. s 5, 6. 777
—His War with the Rhodians, ib. 778

Numa Pompilius, l 6. s 17. 743
Nearchus the Tyrant of Elis, how he was us'd by Zeno see Zeno, 747
Nabis King of Lacedemon, his murder of Pelops the Son of Lycurgus, and his other Cruelties, l 26. s 12. 754

Paulus Emilius, his praise, l 26. s 42, 57, 61. 758
—His death and praise, l 26. s 61. 760
Pittachus, one of the seven wise Men, l 6. s 27, 28. 744
Pleminius King of Thrace, his beastly Cruelties, l 26. s 14. 754
Polychares; see Eucephnus, 742
Pythagoras, l 6. s 36. 745
—The 〈…〉dness of the Pythagorians one to another, l 6. s 37.
—Other matters concerning them, l 6. s 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.
Polycrates King of Samos, his cruelty towards the Lydians that fled to him, l 6. s 54. 747
Pyrrhus plundered Egeas in Macedonia, his Soldiers rifl'd the Sepulchres of the former Kings, l 22. s 6. 750
Proserpina; her Temple robb'd by Pleminius the Roman Governor of Locris, l 26. s 14. 754
—The effect of it, ibid.
Philip King of Macedon, his Acts, l 26. s 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 756
Perseus, Son of Philip King of Macedon, procures his Brother Demetrius to be murder'd by his Father. See Demetrius, 758
—His Cruelty, s 46. 759
—His other Acts, s 56, 58.
—His Covetousness, s 59. 760
Ptolemy Philometer driven out of his Kingdom; fled to Rome, l 26. s 70. 762
—Met kindly by Demetrius, ibid.
Prusias, King of Bythinnia robb'd the Temple of Pergamus, l 26. s 81. 764
—The punishment of his Army both by Sea and Land, ibid.
—Hated by his Subjects, l 26. s 90. 766
Philip Father of Alexander, his Acts, l 26. s 83. 765
Pumpeius Quintus his Acts, at the Siege of Lagnetum, l 26. s 106. 769
Ptolemy Phiscon; his cruelty to his Wife and Sister Cleopatra, in murdering her, and his Son Memphites, l 26. s 103. 768
Pompaedius General of the Martians, his rash design to beset the Senate-house with 10 Thousand Men, l 37. s 1. 734
—Diswaded by Caius Domitius, ibid.
Pompeius Cn. the Great, his Commendation, l 37. s 14, 18. 779
Poscriptions in Rome; an Instance of a remarkable Example in the punishment of one that gloried over others, and at last read his own name in the List, l 37. s 17. 778

Romulus Silvius, kill'd by a Thunderbolt, l 6. s 9. 742
Romulus and Remus, l 6. s 13. ibid.
Rhegium; the People there all kill'd by Decius, and his Garrison of Campanians, l 22. s 1. 750
Romans; their Clemency towards the Conquer'd, l 26. s 62. 760
—The degeneration of their Manners, l•6. s 4. 775

Sylla, his Commondation, l 37. s〈◊〉 777
—The murders and slaughters in Rome by Syll•, l 37. s 8, 16. 778, 780
—Robb'd the Temples to carry on the War in Italy, s 10. 779
Salmoneus defied Jupiter, l 6. s 4. 741
Syberites; their Luxury, l 6. s 19. 743
Solon, l 6. s 24. 744
Servius Tullius; his Praise reigned 44 years, l 6. s 35. 745
Sicily; P. Clodius his Acts in Sicily, l 24. s 1. 752
—Hieronymus King of Sicily, murder'd by his Subjects, l 26. s 7. 754
—The Servile War, l 34. s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11. 770
—The Cruelty of the slaves, l 36. s 1. 775
Scipio; his humanity to Syphax King of Numidia his prisoner, and his other Acts, l 26 s 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 755
—His Praise,
Scipio the Son of Paulus Aemilius, his Praise and noble Acts, l 26. s 76. 763
Scipio Africanus; his faithfullness in his performance of Articles with his Enemies, l 26. s 85. 765
—Takes Carthage, and restor'd the Phalerian Bull, and other things to the Sicilians, l 26. s 91. 766
Scipio Nasica; his Commendation, l 34. s 24. 773
Scaevola his Virtues, l 36. s 5, 6, 7. 676

Thessalus abdicated the Government of Athens,
Tiberius Gracchus; his Praise, l 34. s 10. 772

Viriathus General in Spain against the Romans; his Justice in dividing the Spoil, wheen he was Captain of the Robbers, l 26. s 93. 766
—His Contempt of Wealth, s 99. 767
—His Death and Burial, s 108. 769

—War; the Mercenary War with the Carthaginians, l 25 s 1, 2, 3, 4. 752
—The Servile War in Sicily. See Sicily, 77•

Z•no; how he us'd the Tyrant Nearchus, when he was upon the Back, l 6. s 47. 747

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