Ephemeris belli Troiani (The Trojan War)

Japanese: トロイア戦争記 - トロイアせんそうき（英語表記）Ephemeris belli Troiani

A forgery attributed to Diktys of Crete. It has come down to us today as a Latin translation in six volumes by Lucius Septimius (4th century?). According to the letter and preface at the beginning of the book, the book was originally a war record (ephemeris means "journal") written by Diktys, a servant of King Idomeneus of Crete, a Greek general who participated in the Trojan War, at the command of his master. It had been buried underground at Knossos for a long time and was discovered by chance in the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Nero (66 AD). At that time, the original Phoenician characters were first changed to Greek characters, and then Septimius changed it to Latin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

クレタ島のディクテュスDiktysの作と称せられる偽書。ルキウス･セプティミウスLucius Septimiusなる人物(4世紀？)のラテン訳全6巻によって今日に伝わる。その巻頭に付された書簡および序文によれば，本書はもともとトロイア戦争に参加したギリシア方の武将，クレタ王イドメネウスIdomeneusの従者ディクテュスが主命によって書きとどめた戦争の記録文書(ephemerisは〈日誌〉の意)で，久しくクノッソスの地中に埋もれていたものがたまたま皇帝ネロの治世第13年(後66)に発見され，その際まず原文のフェニキア文字がギリシア文字に改められ，その後さらにセプティミウスの手でラテン語に直されたという。

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