DE ROMILLY, JACQUELINE - The Rise and Fall of Greek states According to Greek AuthorsAnn Arbor, Univ of Michigan Pr. 1991, Reprint. (ISBN: 0472081527) Soft cover. Book, [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. Fine. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 22.5 | JP¥ 4422] Book number 042667is offered by:
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