De Romilly, Jacqueline: The Rise and Fall of Greek states According to Greek Authors

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De Romilly, Jacqueline : The Rise and Fall of Greek states According to Greek Authors

Univ of Michigan Pr, Ann Arbor, 1991

ISBN 0472081527

[Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures] "The Rise and Fall of States According to Greek Authors is a masterful survey of the manner in which Greek historians, from Herodotus to Polybius, explained the conditions of a state's success and the dangers of power. Both the differences and the similarities among the major authors' ideas are carefully analyzed: the changing notions of excess, or hybris; the common stress on public morality; and the value of goodwill.." 100p.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover

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