The Rise and Fall of States According to Greek Authors Tapa blanda - 1991

University of Michigan Press, 1991-05-09. paperback. Acceptable. 6x0x8. Softcover. Acceptable condition. Underlining and marginalia throughout. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

University of Michigan Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1991. Paperback. 0472081527 . Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures; 7.9 X 5.1 X 0.5 inches; 112 pages .

University of Michigan Press. Near Fine. 1991. Softcover. 0472081527 . Jerome Lectures 11; 108 pages; A survey of how Greek historians explained the conditions of a state's success and the dangers of power. .

University of Michigan Press, 1991. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. (5.38 x 8 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes and index. 112 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. 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 and union. The first woman to be elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the first woman to hold a professorship at the College de France, Jacqueline de Romilly has serves as director of the Department of Greek at the Sorbonne and had lectured at numerous universities and institutions of learning around the… Leer más

Ann Arbor: Univ of Michigan Pr, 1991 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. [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..

University of Michigan Press, 1991-05-10. paperback. Used:Good.

Univ of Michigan Pr, 1991. Paperback. New. new edition edition. 112 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.