Diyllus

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Diyllus

Diyllus, probably the son of Phanodemus the Atthidographer (a chronicler of the local history of Athens

Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
and Attica

Attica

Attica is a Peripheries of Greece in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Greece of Athens Prefecture, Piraeus Prefecture, East Attica and West Attica....
), wrote a universal history

Universal history

Universal history is basic to the Western tradition of historiography, especially the Abrahamic religion wellspring of that tradition. Simply stated, universal history is the presentation of the history of mankind as a whole, as a coherent unit....
of the years 357–297 BC. Only fragments of his work survive. Both the historian Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus , was a Roman Greece historian who flourished in the 1st century BC. According to Diodorus' own work, he was born at Agira in Sicily ....
and the biographer Plutarch

Plutarch

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. AD 46 ? 120 ? commonly known in English as Plutarch ? was a Ancient Rome historian , biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonism....
valued Diyllus as a competent authority.

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