Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (331 pages)
ISBN:
9780520914698
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0520914694
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0585160279
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9780585160276
Serie:
Hellenistic culture and society 16
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and indexes
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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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English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Eckstein, Arthur M Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995 ISBN 0520085205
Sprache:
Englisch
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