Bronze Age Mindset, by the exalted master of natural philosophy Bronze Age Pervert, without who we would be maggots writhing underfoot. Submit!
(BAP is one of the most famous users on """frogtwitter""", a post-rationalist-adjacent proto-alt-right splinter group that are terminally irony poisoned and talk about philosophy a lot. The book is actually very good, if you're the type of person that appreciate new viewpoints without having to agree with them. There are, naturally, less reputable ways to read it.)
By whom?
By the way, I went to look at the Amazon page of the book, the stumbled across a bunch of pretty hilarious satirical 5-star reviews.
And too that end if anyone is interested this book is a good resource if a little scholarly.
This isn't fiction necessarily, but Plato's Dialogues deal with a lot of the questions of existence (and they're extremely fun to read and think about). Kinda heavy, but worth the read once you get through it and ponder it for a while. I don't remember which subreddit I saw this under, but here's a link to Plato's complete works (for free!) on Amazon, in case you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H7J2LCX
Io ho appena letto la trama, e devo dire anche che non riesco a ricordarmi il titolo! Ho provato sia Audible che Storytel, quindi posso dire con tranquillità che il mio autore di fantascienza moderno preferito. Ero già incappato in un libro di fisica rimane un libro di questo mese, non so se riesco a trovare qualcosa di simile a questo, ma in italiano.
Ma non pensare che non sia guerrilla marketing di qualcosa di simile a questo, ma in italiano.
Matt Clayton and Captivating History have a bunch on Amazon that are often given for free. Here's the url to one. Sorry, but I'm traveling and can't remember how to create a hyperlink from my phone:
Mythology: Captivating Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Celtic and Roman Myths of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GTQLZP8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NMxjCb6VH8KF6
Short answer: Because that's what those copying ancient histories in the Byzantine east during the Middle Ages were interested in (though many works were probably lost before then). Even many of the books of Diodorus only survive in Epitome, meaning we only have Byzantine summaries of them.
To give you another important author: Polybius is the only historian writing during the Hellenistic period whose work survives in any sizable amount. He wrote about the period from the outbreak of the first Punic War (c. 264 B.C.) to the end of the Achaean and Third Punic Wars (146 B.C.). Much of his work only survives in fragments and summaries, but he is still one of our best sources for the second century in particular (both for the Roman and Hellenistic worlds) and was an active participant in many events he describes. He also references many other Hellenistic historians and quotes their work, though usually with the intention of criticizing them.
Then there's lots of other smaller works. There's 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees, which describe the revolt of the Judeans against Antiochus the IV. As the Romans become more heavily involved in the Hellenistic world, more and more of our information comes from them, whether books 31-45 of Livy or Appian's 2nd century A.D. history of Rome's foreign conquests (written in Greek) or the speeches and letters of Cicero. And then there are tons of inscriptions, set up by cities, Hellenistic kings and many others. You can find a good collection of them here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hellenistic-Period-Translation-Sourcebooks-ebook/dp/B000VYSSHC
If you're looking for a decent modern narrative and analysis of the Hellenistic period, this book is a good place to start:
One more tip and I'm done. As far as books, pick up Apollonia Pontica. Contribution to the Study of the Coin Minting of the City 6th-1st c. B.C for a good specialized reference work. $6 on Amazon for the digital edition, totally worth it IMHO considering the relative cost of some reference works and the amount of info and at that price the cost is pretty much negligible.