• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic world : essays and reflections
  • Contains: 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.
    Polybian studies, c. 1975-2000Historical and geographical papersGeography of PolybiusEgypt in PolybiusSurrender of the Egyptian rebels in the Nile delta (Polybius xxii,17.1-7)Two Hellenistic processions: a matter of self-definitionPolybius and MacedoniaSea-power and the AntigonidsH T N HOL N ELPIS and the AntigonidsHellenes and Achaeans: 'Greek nationality' revisitedAchaean assembliesPolybius as a historianTimaeus' views on the pastPolybius and the pastIdea of decline in PolybiusPolybius' perception of the one and the manyProfit or amusement: some thoughts on the motives of Hellenistic historiansPolybius on RomeSupernatural paraphernalia in Polybius' Histories'Treason' and Roman domination: two case-studies, Polybius and JosephusGreek looks at Rome: Polybius VI revisitedTransmission of PolybiusPolybius, Mr Dryden, and the Glorious RevolutionPolybius through the eyes of Gaetano De Sanctis.
  • Contributor: Walbank, Frank W. [VerfasserIn]
  • Corporation: NetLibrary, Inc
  • imprint: Cambridge, UK; New York, N.Y: Cambridge University Press, 2002
    Boulder, Colo: NetLibrary, 2004
  • Published in: EBSCOhost eBook Collection
  • Extent: xiii, 353 p; 24 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 051106456X; 0521812089; 9780521812085; 9780511064562
  • Keywords: Polybius > Hellenismus > Römisches Reich
    Polybius > Hellenismus > Römisches Reich
  • Reproductino series: E-Books von NetLibrary
  • Place of reproduction: Boulder, Colo: NetLibrary, 2004
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-341) and indexes
    Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
  • Description: 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