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ISBN10: 0192866761, ISBN13: 9780192866769, [publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD, UK] Hardcover First Edition BOUND IN CLEAN BLACK CLOTH WITH GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 2023 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, IS FINE IN FINE JACKET(UNCLIPPED). V111/391pp WITH INTRODUCTION, 6 CHAPTERS, THREE FULL-PAGE MAPS, CONCLUSION, INDEX LOCORUM AND GENERAL INDEX. CONDITION FINE/FINE [Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2023]
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Hardback. New. 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. ISBN 0192866761 9780192866769 [GB]
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ISBN10: 0192866761, ISBN13: 9780192866769, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. 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 rhetoricalaspects: 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 theattempt 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 ...
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