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Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius / Arthur M. Eckstein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hellenistic culture and society ; 16.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1995.Description: 1 online resource (331 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520914698
  • 0520914694
  • 0585160279
  • 9780585160276
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius.DDC classification:
  • 930 20
LOC classification:
  • D58 .E35 1995eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and indexes.

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.

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