Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius (Övrig)
avArthur M. Eckstein
ISBN: 9780520085206 - UTGIVEN: 1995-02-01Arthur Eckstein's fresh and stimulating interpretation challenges the way Polybius' Histories have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even "Machiavellian" one. Polybius particularly asks for "impro[...]
"The Searchers" (Häftad)
avArthur M. Eckstein
ISBN: 9780814330562 - UTGIVEN: 2004-02In many ways a traditional western, "The Searchers" (1956) is considered by critics to be one of the greatest Hollywood films, made by the most influential of western directors. But John Ford's classic work, in its complexity and ambiguity, was a product of post-World War II American culture and spa[...]
Rome Enters the Greek East: From Anarchy to Hierarchy in the Hellenistic Me (Häftad)
avArthur M. Eckstein
ISBN: 9781118255360 - UTGIVEN: 201202This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC.[...]
