Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction

by Nicholson and Emma Nicholson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192866761
• ISBN13: 9780192866769
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 8.8"