# Diodorus Siculus 1935: The Library of History, Book 3, chapters 49–61

> Diodorus Siculus, 1935. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary text for the Atlantians of western Libya, the Amazons of the marsh Tritonis…

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# The Library of History, Book 3, chapters 49–61

Diodorus Siculus, 1935. _Diodorus of Sicily, vol. 2 (Loeb Classical Library)_.

The Amazons of Libya lived on the island Hespera in the marsh Tritonis, near the ocean, Ethiopia and Mount Atlas (3.53); they conquered the Atlantians, "the most civilized men" of those parts, and razed their city Cerne (3.54); the marsh vanished in an earthquake (3.55); the Atlantians' account of the gods follows (3.56–61). The Loeb editor notes that Diodorus took this from the mythical romance of Dionysius Skytobrachion (mid-2nd century BC).

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## What it's used for here

Primary text for the Atlantians of western Libya, the Amazons of the marsh Tritonis and the city of Cerne (3.53–61), the only ancient text that sets an Atlantis name in north-west Africa.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Diodorus took the Atlantians from a mythical romance written two centuries after Plato, and does not link them to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB95GFA3Y/diodorus-took-the-atlantians-from-a-mythical-romance-written)

Evidence

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[Diodorus's Atlantians were a civilised people of western Libya by the ocean, near a marsh lost in an earthquake](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB8VD62Z9/diodoruss-atlantians-were-a-civilised-people-of-western)

Evidence

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[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

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[Lake Tritonis (Chott el Djerid)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/places/PLC0DCP7XJGDEER/lake-tritonis-chott-el-djerid)

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Diodorus Siculus (1935). The Library of History, Book 3, chapters 49–61. Diodorus of Sicily, vol. 2 (Loeb Classical Library). https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/3D*.html
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