# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 1.1-3

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XIII, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/1.1-3

εἰ μὲν ὅμοια τοῖς ἄλλοις ἱστορίαν ἐπραγματευόμεθα, σχεδὸν ἦν ἐν τῷ προοιμίῳ περί τινων διαλεχθέντας ἐφʼ ὅσον ἦν εὔκαιρον, οὕτως ἐπὶ τὰς συνεχεῖς πράξεις μεταβιβάζειν τὸν λόγον· ὀλίγον γὰρ χρόνον ἀπολαβόντες τῇ γραφῇ, τὴν ἀναστροφὴν ἂν εἴχομεν τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν προοιμίων καρπὸν προσλαμβάνεσθαι·

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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