POLYBIUS

born c. 200 BC, , Megalopolis, Arcadia, Greece died c. 118 Greek statesman and historian who wrote of the rise of Rome to world prominence. Additional reading Two works by Frank W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, 2 vol. (1957-67), and Polybius (1973), contain both general and detailed discussion and comprehensive bibliographies. The standard text is that of Theodorus Buttner-Wobst, 5 vol. (1866-1904); but Fridericus Hultsch, 4 vol. (1870-92), gives a fuller description of manuscript variants; for the history of the text, John M. Moore, The Manuscript Tradition of Polybius (1965), is invaluable. There is a Greek text with an English translation by W.R. Paton, "Loeb Classical Library," 6 vol. (1922-27); and a translation by E.S. Shuckburgh, 2 vol. (1889, reprinted 1962). A Polybios-Lexicon (1956- ) by Arno Mauersberger is being published.