{"product_id":"polybius-rome-and-the-hellenistic-world-essays-and-reflections-hardback-9780521812085","title":"Polybius, Rome and the Hellenistic World; Essays and Reflections (Hardback) 9780521812085","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolybius, Rome and the Hellenistic World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays and Reflections\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContains nineteen important essays by Professor F. W. Walbank, the recognized authority on Polybius.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank W. Walbank (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521812085, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 September 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.745 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"F.W. Walbank is one of the giants among British historians of ancient Greece. This volume...demonstrates how the author's personal attachments...and his invocation of supernatural forces, helped to shape the Histories. The present selection is especially valuable because a good number of the papers included were originally published in journals and collections that many scholars will not find easily accessible.\"   Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume contains nineteen of the more important of Frank Walbank's essays on Polybius and is prefaced by a critical discussion of the main aspects of work done on that author. Several of these essays deal with specific historical problems for which Polybius is a major source. Five deal with Polybius as an historian and three with his attitude towards Rome; one of these raises the question of 'treason' in relation to Polybius and Josephus. Finally, two papers discuss Polybius' later fortunes - in England up to the time of John Dryden and in twentieth-century Italy in the work of Gaetano de Sanctis. Several of these essays originally appeared in journals and collections not always easily accessible, and all students of the ancient Mediterranean world will welcome their assembly within a single volume.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Polybian studies, c. 1975–2000\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Historical and Geographical Papers: 2. The geography of Polybius\u003cbr\u003e 3. Egypt in Polybius\u003cbr\u003e 4. The surrender of the Egyptian rebels in the Nile delta (Polybius xxii.17.1–7)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Two Hellenistic processions: a matter of self-definition\u003cbr\u003e 6. Polybius and Macedonia\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sea-power and the Antigonids\u003cbr\u003e 8. HÊ TÔN HOLÔN ELPIS and the Antigonids\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hellenes and Achaeans: 'Greek nationality' revisited\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Achaean assemblies\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Polybius as a Historian: 11. Timaeus' views on the past\u003cbr\u003e 12. Polybius and the past\u003cbr\u003e 13. The idea of decline in Polybius\u003cbr\u003e 14. Polybius' perception of the one and the many\u003cbr\u003e 15. Profit or amusement: some thoughts on the motives of Hellenistic historians\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Polybius on Rome: 16. Supernatural paraphernalia in Polybius' Histories\u003cbr\u003e 17. 'Treason' and Roman domination: two case-studies, Polybius and Josephus\u003cbr\u003e 18. A Greek looks at Rome: Polybius VI revisited\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Transmission of Polybius: 19. Polybius, Mr Dryden and the Glorious Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 20. Polybius through the eyes of Gaetano de Sanctis\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978389086488,"sku":"9780521812085","price":96.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521812085i_4af61d63-a418-4e52-9480-08bf83694bcb.jpg?v=1691368291","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/polybius-rome-and-the-hellenistic-world-essays-and-reflections-hardback-9780521812085","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}