Polybius

Book 8

G. O. Hutchinson (University of Oxford)

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Cambridge University Press
30 July 2025

Historiography; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Ancient Greek

Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Polybius is one of the most remarkable ancient historians, excelling as source, theorist and writer. Book 8 shows many sides of this extraordinary author: the superb narrator, recounting the tragic end of the potentate Achaeus and Hannibal's diverting capture of Tarentum with the aid of wild boar; the technical writer on Archimedes' sensational machines for destroying Roman ships; the zestful polemicist, railing against Theopompus' diatribe on the friends of Philip II; the thinker about history and the interconnection of world events. This edition, the first of its kind, includes a new text of Book 8 and an introduction to the book and Polybius as a whole. The commentary provides a wealth of historical and archaeological material and will enable readers to understand Polybius' Hellenistic Greek and appreciate his expression and artistry. It will help intermediate and advanced students, as well as scholars, enjoy Polybius as a writer.

Edited by: G. O. Hutchinson (University of Oxford)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009265850
ISBN 10: 1009265857
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 30 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction; Sigla; Polybius Book 8; Commentary.

G. O. HUTCHINSON is Regius Professor of Greek Emeritus at the University of Oxford. He has published numerous books on many different aspects of Greek and Latin literature, including an edition in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series of Propertius' Elegies Book IV (2006). He is a Fellow of the British Academy.