Political Lessons from Polybius: Introduction
Dull-witted and lethargic from a touch of gastroenteritis courtesy of the fine food we consumed last week in Dayton, Ohio–we couldn’t make it to Greece but did we really have to spend time in a Dayton Holiday Inn?–I got tired of reading early 20th century espionage novels and poorly written Welsh history. I happened to open up my little leather travel bag from Florence and found the first volume of the Loeb edition of Polybius. I have never been a fan of Polybius–his Greek is wooden and repetitious–but he was a wise historian. I picked up where I had left...