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The Histories of Polybius By Polybius

The Histories of Polybius by Polybius


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Volume 2 of Shuckburgh's superb 1889 translation of Polybius' Histories contains the fragments of Books 10 to 39 (17, 19, and 37 are missing). Covering Scipio Africanus, Philip of Macedonia, and the end of the Second Punic War, it remains a fascinating source on the second and third centuries BCE.

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The Histories of Polybius: Translated from the Text of F. Hultsch by Polybius

The Histories of Greek-born, Roman historian Polybius (c.200-118 BCE) are reissued here in two volumes. Comprising fragments of Books 10 to 39 (17, 19, and 37 are missing), a compendium of smaller fragments, and an extensive index, Volume 2 covers, inter alia, the Hannibalian War from 209 BCE, the characters of Scipio Africanus and Philip of Macedonia, the flawed historical method of Timaeus, the Siege of New Carthage, the end of the Second Punic War, and the overthrow of Agathocles. Undertaken by the classicist Evelyn Shuckburgh (1843-1906), this first complete English translation (utilising F. Hultsch's 1867-72 Greek text) was published in 1889. A tutor, and later librarian, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Shuckburgh produced school editions of Sophocles and Suetonius as well as short histories on the classical world. This highly readable translation has remained a fascinating historical account of the second and third centuries BCE.

Table of Contents

Books X to XXXIX; Smaller fragments; Appendices; Index.

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CIN0892281103A
9780892281107
0892281103
The Histories of Polybius: Translated from the Text of F. Hultsch by Polybius
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-08-02
626
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