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| Named Person: | Polybius.; Polybius; Polybius |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
B C McGing |
| ISBN: | 9780195310320 0195310322 9780195310337 0195310330 |
| OCLC Number: | 430842356 |
| Description: | xvi, 270 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Contents and organization of the work -- The historian's task -- Art and history: the narrative of books 4 and 5 -- The historian as Homeric hero -- The political theorizing of book 6 -- Epilogue: Into the future -- Appendix: Outline of the work -- Prominent persons. |
| Series Title: | Oxford approaches to classical literature. |
| Responsibility: | Brian C. McGing. |
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<br>"This is an excellent book--comprehensive, balanced, and thought-provoking. It even helps readers understand some of Polybius's annoying characteristics: his relentless assault on other historians and his cruel attacks on contemporaries (powerful Romans excluded). McGing is well aware of Polybius's shortcomings and questionable practices, but he shows that, beyond them, there is a genuine, interesting historian." --HISTORY: Reviews of New Books<p><br>"McGing's book provides a thorough and usually thought-provoking introduction to the Histories that should interest and encourage any reader who is approaching Polybius for the first time." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review<p><br> Read more...
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