Philip V Of Macedon In Polybius Histories
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Author | : Emma Nicholson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2023-01-20 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0192692127 |
Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction offers a historiographical and literary study of Polybius' portrait of Philip V and aims to advance our knowledge of both the Macedonian king and the historian. It takes a chronological and thematic approach, exploring how Polybius' political, historiographical, and didactic aims impact the king's depiction from beginning to end. The first half focuses on political and rhetorical aspects: it highlights the embedded Achaean perspective of the narrative and how this fundamentally shapes Philip's image; it re-evaluates key character-defining episodes, such as the sack of Thermum and the attempt on Messene; and it problematizes Polybius' claim that Philip became increasingly treacherous and tyrannical towards the Greeks after 215 BC. The second half explores how Polybius develops his interpretation of the king through ideological and literary means: it investigates how Polybius uses cultural politics to blacken Philip's image and justify the exchange of Macedon and Rome as hegemonic powers in the Greek world; it rationalizes his use of a tragic mode for Philip's last years, examining the implications this styling has for our historical understanding of the king; and it considers how tensions between Polybius' narrative and commentary on Philip may be the result of his combination of historiographical and biographical modes of presentation. It finishes by resituating Philip in the broader context of the Histories, drawing comparisons between his portrait and that of other kings and leaders, and discussing how kings are shaped by and contribute to the arguments in the Histories.
Author | : Emma Nicholson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9780192692115 |
Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories offers a historiographical and literary study of Polybius' portrait of Philip V, aiming to advance our knowledge of both the historian and his subject. It takes a chronological and thematic approach, exploring how Polybius' political, historiographical, and didactic aims impact the king's depiction.
Author | : F. W. Walbank |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107630606 |
This book, which was formed from The Hare Prize Essay for 1939, discusses the reign of Philip V of Macedon. It was intended to break fresh ground 'with a study of Philip, not solely as a figure in the history of Roman imperialism, but, as far as is feasible, from the aspect of Macedon itself'.
Author | : Titus Livius |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Polybius |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2003-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141920505 |
The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200–118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the final destruction of Carthage. An active participant of the politics of his time as well as a friend of many prominent Roman citizens, Polybius drew on many eyewitness accounts in writing this cornerstone work of history.
Author | : Polybius |
Publisher | : London, Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Greece |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul J. Burton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2017-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107104440 |
Readable full-length narrative of the Third Macedonian War, which effectively made Rome an almost global power beyond compare.
Author | : Robin Waterfield |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199916896 |
Addressing a marginalized era of Greek and Roman history, Taken at the Flood offers a compelling narrative of Rome's conquest of Greece.
Author | : Daniel Walker Moore |
Publisher | : Historiography of Rome and Its |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004426115 |
The Greek historian Polybius (2nd century B.C.E.) produced an authoritative history of Rome's rise to dominance in the Mediterranean that was explicitly designed to convey valuable lessons to future generations. But throughout this history, Polybius repeatedly emphasizes the incomparable value of first-hand, practical experience. In Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History, Daniel Walker Moore shows how Polybius integrates these two apparently competing concepts in a way that affects not just his educational philosophy but the construction of his historical narrative. The manner in which figures such as Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, or even the Romans as a whole learn and develop over the course of Polybius' narrative becomes a critical factor in Rome's ultimate success.
Author | : Regina M. M. Loehr |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2024-01-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1003835163 |
This volume explores emotion and its importance in Polybius’ conception of history, his writing of historiography, and the benefits of this understanding to readers of history. How and why did ancient historians include emotions in their texts? This book argues that in the Histories of Polybius – the Greek historian who recorded Rome’s rise to dominion in the ancient Mediterranean – emotions play an effective role in history, used by the historian to explain the causes of actions, connect events, and make sense of human behavior. Through analysis of the emotions in the narrative and theory of Polybius’ Histories using critical terminology and frameworks from modern philosophy, psychology, and political science, this work calls into question assumptions that emotions were purely irrational and detrimental in ancient history, politics, and historiography. Emotions often positively shape Polybius’ historical narrative, provide criteria for the success and morality of agents, actions, and even historians, and aid the historian in guiding readers to become intelligent leaders and citizens of a new world centered on Rome. Emotion and Historiography in Polybius’ Histories is a fascinating read for students and scholars of ancient historiography and history, as well as those working on ancient political thought, emotions in the ancient Greek world, and emotion in history and literature more broadly.