Diodorus Siculus author of the Bibliotheke (Library), a universal history from mythological times to 60 bce in 40 books (of whicih 15 are preserved [1-5, 11-20]) born in Sicily (hence his name); visited Egypt; settled in Rome around 56 bce Books 1-6 cover the geography, ethnography, mythology and marvels of the world prior to the Trojan War Books 1-3 treat the East Books 5-6 treat the West quote from Book IV.56.1-2: "Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvelous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out....In our judgement it is unnecessary and would be tedious to record all the assertions which the writers of myths have made about Medea, and so we shall add only those items which have been passed over concerning the history of the Argonauts."