Polybius and His Legacy

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Polybius and His Legacy

Edited by: Nikos Miltsios and Melina Tamiolaki

Volume 60 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110584844

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About this book

Although scholars continue to address old questions about Polybius, it is clear that they are also turning their attention to aspects of his history that have been inadequately dealt with in the past or have even gone largely unnoticed. Polybius' history is increasingly treated not just as a source of valuable information on the impressive expansion of Roman rule in the Mediterranean world, but also as a complex and nuanced narrative with its own interests and purposes. Moreover, since (apart from Livy's use of Polybius, which has been thoroughly discussed) most studies of Polybius' reception focus on the modern world, especially in relation to the theory of mixed constitutions, finding out more about Polybius' impact on ancient Greek and Roman authors remains a major desideratum. This volume brings together contributions which, in either posing new questions or reformulating old ones, attest both to the ardent scholarly interest currently directed toward Polybius and to the variety of hermeneutical issues raised by his work. Subjects discussed include Polybius' historical ideas, his methods of composition, his views on the role of the historian, his representation of cultural difference, his intertextual affinities, and his reception and influence. Taken together, the papers in this collection attempt to promote a deeper understanding of the qualities and peculiarities of Polybius' history, as well as to offer fresh insights into the interpretation of this important work.

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N. Miltsios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; M. Tamiolaki, University of Crete, Greece.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Nikos Miltsios and Melina Tamiolaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Key Themes and Ideas
Polybius and Ethnicity Erich S. Gruen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Polybian Barbarology,Flute-Playing in Arcadia, and Fisticuffs at Rome Craige Champion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Polybius and the Tyrants of Syracuse Cinzia Bearzot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Past and Present as paradoxon theōrēma in Polybius Felix K. Maier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Praise in Polybius Bruce Gibson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Being, Seeming and Performing in Polybius Lisa I. Hau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Part II: Narrative and Structure
A Survey on the Speeches in Polybius Roberto Nicolai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Documents and Narrative: Reading the Roman-Carthaginian Treaties in Polybius’ Histories Nicolas Wiater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Incomplete and Disconnected: Polybius, Digression, and its Historiographical Afterlife Kyle Khellaf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
The Historian’s Craft: Narrative Strategies and Historical Method in Polybius and Livy Christopher Baron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Part III: Intertextual Relationships
Polybius and Xenophon: Hannibal and Cyrus the Great as Model Leaders Maria Seretaki and Melina Tamiolaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
The Εncomium of Philopoemen and its Ιsocratic Βackground Evangelos Alexiou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Polybius and Biography Antonis Tsakmakis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Polybius and the Legacy of Fourth-Century Historiography Giovanni Parmeggiani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Polybius and Fifth-Century Historiography: Continuity and Diversity in the Presentation of Historical Deeds Carlo Scardino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Part IV: Reception
Polybius and Arrian: The Cases of Philip V and Alexander the Great Nikos Miltsios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Appian, the Third Punic War and Polybius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Lost in Reception? Polybius’ Paradoxical Impact on Writing History in Republican Rome Dennis Pausch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Odysseus, Rome, and the First Punic War in Polybius’ Histories Thomas Biggs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Silius Italicus and Polybius: Quellenforschung and Silian Poetics Evangelos Karakasis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Polybius and Oscar Wilde: Pragmatike Historia in Nineteenth Century Oxford Luke Pitcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of Polybius, ancient history and historiography.
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 456
Keywords: Polybius; narrative; intertextuality; reception

eBook

Published: March 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110584844

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Published: March 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110583977

Paperback

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110685282