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The Manuscript Tradition of Polybius

Part of Cambridge Classical Studies

Author: John M. Moore

Date Published: March 2011
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isbn: 9780521188630

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In this 1965 text, Dr Moore divides the extant manuscripts of Polybius, the Greek historian of Rome who lived in the second century BC, into their families, and demonstrates their relationship to each other. He considers the three traditions separately, and in each he describes the manuscripts briefly and discusses any part of their history which can help in establishing their relationship. He then establishes the tradition, discussing the manuscripts in their families and considering each one in its place in the establishment of the tradition. In his opening chapter he deals with previous editions of Polybius, and he concludes with a a chapter discussing the relationship between the three groups of manuscripts, the Archetype, and possible reasons why the text should have survived in the form in which it has. This was the first study to take account of all the surviving manuscripts.

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- Date Published: March 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521188630
- length: 216 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.28kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of abbreviations
Part I. The Manuscripts of Polybius, Books I-V: Conspectus of sigla
1. The previous editions of Polybius
2. The manuscript tradition of Books I-V
3. Appendix to the manuscript tradition of Books I-V: the excerpt De Figura Italiae
Part II. The 'Excerpta Antiqua' from Polybius, Books VI-XVIII: Conspectus of sigla
4. The Excerpta Antiqua from Books VI-XVIII
5. The Excerpta Antiqua from Books VII-XVIII
6. The Excerpta Antiqua from Books, VI, XVIII and X
7. The Editio Princeps of Books VI-XVIII
8. The manuscripts containing small parts of the Excerpta Antiqua
Part III. The Constantine Excerpts
Conspectus of sigla
9. The Constantine excerpts
10. The titles from the Constantine excerpts which survive in a single manuscript
11. The Excerpta de Legationibus
12. The Excerpta de Legationibus Gentium ad Romanos
13. The Excerpta de Legationibus ad Gentes
14. Appendix to the consideration of the Excerpta de Legationibus
15. The relationship between the Constantine excerpts and the other manuscripts of Polybius
Part IV. The Tradition:
16. The archetype and the tradition
Appendix
Bibliography
Indices.
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