Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic world
| Titel: | Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic world : essays and reflections / Frank W. Walbank |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002 |
| Umfang: | XIII, 353 S. |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2004. - Online-Ressource. |
| ISBN: | 051106456X (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780511064562 (Sekundärausgabe) |
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| Bemerkung: | Polybian studies, c. 1975-2000. - Historical and geographical papers. - Geography of Polybius. - Egypt in Polybius. - Surrender of the Egyptian rebels in the Nile delta (Polybius xxii,17.1-7). - Two Hellenistic processions: a matter of self-definition. - Polybius and Macedonia. - Sea-power and the Antigonids. - H T N HOL N ELPIS and the Antigonids. - Hellenes and Achaeans: 'Greek nationality' revisited. - Achaean assemblies. - Polybius as a historian. - Timaeus' views on the past. - Polybius and the past. - Idea of decline in Polybius. - Polybius' perception of the one and the many. - Profit or amusement: some thoughts on the motives of Hellenistic historians. - Polybius on Rome. - Supernatural paraphernalia in Polybius' Histories. - 'Treason' and Roman domination: two case-studies, Polybius and Josephus. - Greek looks at Rome: Polybius VI revisited. - Transmission of Polybius. - Polybius, Mr Dryden, and the Glorious Revolution. - Polybius through the eyes of Gaetano De Sanctis |
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