LEADER 00000cam a2200685Ia 4500 001 ocn550608802 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041346.4 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 100310s2010 nyub ob 001 0deng d 020 9780199718672|q(electronic book) 020 0199718679|q(electronic book) 020 9780195310320 020 0195310322 020 9780195310337|q(paperback) 020 0195310330|q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)550608802 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dMHW|dOCLCQ |dCOO|dDKDLA|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 D58.P8|bM35 2010eb 072 7 HIS|x002020|2bisacsh 082 04 937/.04|222 090 D58.P8|bM35 2010eb 100 1 McGing, B. C.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n86041581 245 10 Polybius' Histories /|cBrian C. McGing. 264 1 New York :|bOxford University Press,|c2010. 300 1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) :|bmaps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Oxford approaches to classical literature 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 And organization of the work -- The historian's task -- Art and history: the narrative of books 4 and 5 -- The historian as Homeric hero -- The political theorizing of book 6 -- Epilogue: Into the future -- Appendix: Outline of the work -- Prominent persons. 520 Polybius' Histories is one of classical antiquity's great political narratives. Written in 40 books (of which only the first five are preserved in full), it originally set out to explain the dramatic rise of Rome in the half century from the war against Hannibal to the defeat and abolishment of the Macedonian kingdom in 167 BC. At a later stage, Polybius extended his coverage down to the Roman destruction of Carthage and Corinth in the year 146 BC. Although written in an ordinary Greek style, the work was composed with great care, clarity and skill, and provides a fascinating discourse on the. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 00 Polybius.|tHistoriae.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n79149219 600 00 Polybius|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006487 |xCriticism and interpretation.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99005576 600 00 Polybius|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006487 |xInfluence.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2002005444 600 04 Polybius.|tHistoriae|xCriticism and interpretation |xInfluence. 600 04 Polybius|xCriticism and interpretation|xInfluence. 600 07 Polybius.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/30116 630 07 Historiae (Polybius)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1357343 650 0 History, Ancient|xHistoriography.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008105652 650 7 Criticism and interpretation.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1198648 650 7 History, Ancient|xHistoriography.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/958355 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMcGing, B.C.|tPolybius' Histories.|dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2010|z9780195310320|w(DLC) 2009042624|w(OCoLC)430842356 830 0 Oxford approaches to classical literature.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003045351 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=311721|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID