02705nam 2200613Ia 450 991045043550332120200520144314.00-520-92989-61-59734-562-8(CKB)1000000000024201(EBL)223429(OCoLC)475927964(SSID)ssj0000133511(PQKBManifestationID)11158803(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133511(PQKBWorkID)10041853(PQKB)10139707(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055820(MiAaPQ)EBC223429(Au-PeEL)EBL223429(CaPaEBR)ebr10068543(EXLCZ)99100000000002420120030730d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCultural politics in Polybius's Histories[electronic resource] /Craige B. ChampionBerkeley ;London University of California Pressc20041 online resource (351 p.)Hellenistic culture and society ;41Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23764-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index.Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE: Historical and Historiographical Contexts; PART TWO: Text and Narrative; PART THREE: Ideological and Political Contexts; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum; Index of polybian terminologyPolybius was a Greek statesman and political prisoner of Rome in the second century B.C.E. His Histories provide the earliest continuous narrative of the rise of the Roman Empire. In this original study informed by recent work in cultural studies and on ethnicity, Craige Champion demonstrates that Polybius's work performs a literary and political balancing act of heretofore unappreciated subtlety and interest.Hellenistic culture and society ;41.History, AncientHistoriographyCivilization, ClassicalHistoriographyRomePolitics and government265-30 B.CHistoriographyGreecePolitics and governmentTo 146 B.CHistoriographyElectronic books.History, AncientHistoriography.Civilization, ClassicalHistoriography.938Champion Craige Brian939499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450435503321Cultural politics in Polybius's Histories2117930UNINA