A German scholar of Greek mythology, Karl Otfried Muller (1797-1840), made important contributions to the study of ancient Greece. He believed in using all available sources, including art and architecture, to form an understanding of Greek life as a whole. His work represented a turning point in the development of Hellenistic studies, seeking to relate classical civilisation to the present, and creating a new conception of Hellenism. Fragmenta was part of a larger series, Scriptorum Graecorum Bibliotheca, which Muller produced in partnership with the Parisian printer-publisher Ambroise Firmin-Didot. It covers histories which have been lost, but of which fragments survive in other works. Volume 2, published in Paris in 1843, contains the surviving histories of Diorodus Siculus, Polybius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
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Praefatio; Fragmenta Cadmi Milesii, Dionysii Milesii; Hippyis Rhegini, Eugeonis Samii, Deiochi Proconnesii, Bionis Proconnesii, Eudemi Parii, Democlis Pygelensis, Amelesagorae Chalcedonii, Glauci Rhegini, Herodori Heracleotae, Simonidis Cei, Xenomedis Chii, Ionis Chii, Stesimbroti Thasii, Hippiae Elei, Damastis Sigeensis, Anaximandri Milesii, Critae Atheniensis, Themistogenis Syracusani, Sophaeneti Stymphalii, Cratippi, Aristippi Cyrenaei, Dionysii Tyranni, Hermiae Methymnaei, Athanae Syracusani, Timonidis Leucadii, Dionysodori Boeoti, Anaxis Boeoti, Zoili Amphipolitae, Cephisodori, Demophili, Theocriti Chii, Dinonis, Heraclidis Cumani, Aristagorae Milesii, Aristotelis Stagibitae, Heraclidis Pontici, Dicaearchi Messenii, Aristoxeni Tarentini, Phaniae Eresii, Clearchi Solensis, Clyti Milesii, Leonis Byzantii, Menecratis Elaitae, Andronis Halicarnassensis, Diodori Periegetae, Diylli Atheniensis, Demetrii Phalerei, Stratonis Lampsaceni, Theodectis Phaselitae, Lyci Rhegini, Nymphodori Syracusani, Calliae Syracusani, Antandri Syracusani, Hecataei Abderitae, Megasthenis, Daimachi, Patroclis, Demodamae Milesii, Democharis Leuconoensis, Hieronymi Cardiani, Pyrrhi Epirotae, Proxeni, Cineae Thessali et Suidae, Duridis Samii, Idomenei Lampsaceni, Berosi Chaldaei, Manethonis Sebennytae, Demetrii Byzantini, Ctesibii, Sosibii Laconis, accedunt fragmenta Diodori Siculi, Polybii et Dionysii Halicarnassensis e Codice Escorialense nunc primum edita.
