Polybius and his world. Essays in melllory of F. W. Walbank

EDITED BY BRUCE GIBSON AND THOMAS HARRISON

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Isly by the British Academy as well Abbreviations LX Id Egyptology of the University of List of Illustrations xi all aspects of the conference with Notes on Contributors xii lary O'Shea and her colleagues at Welcome to the Liverpool Conference: Frank Walbank xvi ~ assistance, and to the anonymous previously published in J. Pastor, 1. Introduction: F. W. Walbank, , and the Decline of Greece phus: Interpretation and History, Bruce Gibson and Thomas Harrison of ludaism, 146 (Leiden, 2011), 2. 'A piece of work which would occupy some years .. .' Oxford ission of Brill. Finally, we should University Press Archive Files 814152, 814173, 814011 37 rt and advice of Dorothy Thomp­ lohn Henderson ,ank. 3. Polybius, Phylarchus, and 'Tragic History': A Reconsideration 73 B. J. G lohn Marincola T.H. 4. Polybius, Aratus, and the History of the 140 th Olympiad 91 Andrew Meadows 5. Some Misunderstandings of Polybius in Livy 117 lohn Briscoe 6. Polybius' Roman prokataskeue 125 Hans Beck 7. Historiographie Patterns and Historical Obstacles in Polybius' Histories: Marcellus, Flaminius, and the Mamertine Crisis 143 Craige Champion 8. Polybius and Xenophon: The War 159 Bruce Gibson 9. Youthfulness in Polybius: The Case of Philip V of Macedon 181 Brian McGing 10. Frank Walbank's Philippos Tragoidoumenos: Polybius' Account of Philip's Last Years 201 Boris Dreyer 11. Polybius in Context: The Political Dimension of the Histories 213 101m Thornton 12. How to Rule the World: Polybius Book 6 Reconsidered 231 Andrew Erskine viii Contents

13. Polybius' Distortions of the Roman 'Constitution': A Simpl(istic) Explanation 247 Robin Seager Abb 14. Polybius and Josephus on 255 Erich S. Gruen CAH CambridgeA 15. The Rise and Fall of the Boeotians: Polybius 20. 4-7 CIL Corpus Inser as a Literary Topos 267 FGrHist F. Jacoby et, Christel Müller (Berlin and 1 16. Zeno of Rhodes and the Rhodian View of the Past 279 FHG C. Müller an, Hans- Ulrich Wiemer (Paris, 1841­ FRH H. Beck and 17. , Polybius, and the Quest für (Darmstadt, Friendship in Second-Century Rome 307 Frank Willia Michael Sommer FWW GGM C. Müller, G 18. Mediterranean Economies through the Text of Polybius 319 Glockman and Helms G. Glockmar f. K. Davies (Berlin, 1998 19. Imagining the Imperial Mediterranean 337 HCP F. W. Walba Josephine Crawley Quinn (Oxford, 195 L. Moretti, lJ 20. Growing up with Polybius: A Daughter's Memoir 353 lAG Mitzi Walbank IG 1nserip tiones I.Undos C. Blinkenb€ Bibliography 359 II. Inseriptiol Index Locorum 389 ILS H. Dessau,b General Index 405 Inser.It. 1nserip tiones I.Magnesia O. Kern, Die (Berlin, 190C I.Peraia W. Blümel,I I.Peree A. Bresson ( rhodienne (E I.Priene F. Hillervon ISE L. Moretti, I! K-A R. Kassel an (Oxford, 191 LSJ H. G. LiddeI 9th edn. rev LSS F. Sokolows (Paris, 1962 Mauersberger A.Mauersbt C.-F. Collatl