Eckstein, Arthur M. <br/><br/>
Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius / 
Arthur M. Eckstein. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  �1995. 
 - 1 online resource (331 pages). 
 - Hellenistic culture and society ;  16 .
 - Hellenistic culture and society ;  16. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Polybius and "Machiavellianism" -- Polybius's Aristocratic Ethos: Deeds of Personal Courage -- Polybius's Aristocratic Ethos: Honor, War, and Wealth -- Polybius's Aristocratic Ethos: Deceit and Good Faith -- Threats to the Social Order in The Histories, and the Polybian Response -- The Art of Generalship as the Imposition of Order -- Politics: Greece and Rome -- Optimism and Pessimism -- Conclusion: The Duty to Act -- Appendix: Polybius on Drinking and Drunkenness. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520914698 0520914694 0585160279 9780585160276 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94010638  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB95-47577 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Polybius. Historiae. <br/>Polybius--Ethics.<br/>Polybius.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Historiae (Polybius)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethics, Ancient.<br/>HISTORY--Ancient--General.<br/>Ethics.<br/>Ethics, Ancient.<br/>Historiae (Polybius)<br/>Moraal.<br/>History & Archaeology.<br/>History - General.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D58  / .E35 1995eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>930