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Diodorus Siculus’ Library of History is a mine of information about the ancient world, its peoples, histories, legends, and myths. Most interesting in Book 3. 52. is the narration of the myth of Myrina, an Amazon Queen, who conquered a city in the marsh Tritonis, called Cherronesus. Setting out from the city of Cherronesus, the first people against whom the Amazons advanced were the Atlantians. Diodorus, who lived around 80-20 BC, drew his story from the works of an earlier writer called Dionysus Skytobrachion, variously identified as Dionysus of Mytilene or Miletus. Unfortunately, except for the excerpts in Diodorus, none of his works have survived. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"116440","attributes":{"alt":"Diodorus Siculus as depicted in a 19th-century fresco (Public Domain)","class":"media-image","height":"635","style":"width: 610px; height: 635px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Diodorus Siculus
