Polybius Book 8

by: Hutchinson, G.O.

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Polybius: Book 8

Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Polybius is one of the most remarkable ancient historians, excelling as source, theorist and writer. Book 8 shows many sides of this extraordinary author: the superb narrator, recounting the tragic end of the potentate Achaeus and Hannibal's diverting capture of Tarentum with the aid of wild boar; the technical writer on Archimedes' sensational machines for destroying Roman ships; the zestful polemicist, railing against Theopompus' diatribe on the friends of Philip II; the thinker about history and the interconnection of world events. This edition, the first of its kind, includes a new text of Book 8 and an introduction to the book and Polybius as a whole. The commentary provides a wealth of historical and archaeological material and will enable readers to understand Polybius' Hellenistic Greek and appreciate his expression and artistry. It will help intermediate and advanced students, as well as scholars, enjoy Polybius as a writer.

Gives detailed help with Polybius' vocabulary and sentence structures so that students can reads his text with more ease, confidence, and enjoyment
The Introduction, Commentary, maps and photographs help students understand the events described and picture where they occurred
Explains Polybius' literary artistry so that students can appreciate what an absorbing, inventive and organized text this is

Table of Contents
Introduction
Sigla
Polybius Book 8
Commentary.

Polybius Book 8

by: Hutchinson, G.O.

• ISBN-13: 9781009265850 / 978-1-009-26585-0
• ISBN-03: 1009265857 / 1-00-926585-7
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025

Price: 30,06 EURO

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Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece : Studies on Method and Meaning in Honor of Timothy E. Gregory

by: Caraher, W.R. Hall, L.J. Moore, R.S.

• ISBN-13: 9780754664420
• ISBN-03: 0754664422
• Ashgate Variorum, Aldershot, 2008