Description
Book SynopsisIn this 1965 text, Dr Moore divides the extant manuscripts of Polybius, the second century BC Greek historian of Rome, 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 their relevant history.
Table of ContentsList 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.
