You are hereHomeArchaeology OdysseyNovember/December 2005Why Darius Built Persepolis Diodorus Siculus, World History 17.69-73; and Arrian, Anabasis, 3.18, 10. See also Strabo, Geography, 15.729; and Quintus Curtius, History of Alexander 6.9. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.