{"id":678,"date":"2021-04-26T13:09:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdensdragonsdens\/?page_id=678"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:09:07","slug":"diodorus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/perseus-medusa\/diodorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Diodorus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Bibliotheca<\/em> <em>Historica\u00a0<\/em>3.52, 54, 55 (c. 30 BC)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rationalisation: the Gorgons as a race of warrior women equivalent to the Amazons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: 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href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dragons-Serpents-Slayers-Classical-Christian\/dp\/0199925119\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=ogden+dragons+serpents&amp;qid=1618045636&amp;sr=8-1\">DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 61. Translation can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Diodorus_Siculus\/3D*.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibliotheca Historica\u00a03.52, 54, 55 (c. 30 BC) Rationalisation: the Gorgons as a race of warrior women equivalent to the Amazons. 3.52: 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