Polibios: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

It has long been acknowledged that Polybius's writings are prone to a certain [[hagiographic]] tone when writing of his friends, such as Scipio, and subject to a vindictive tone when detailing the exploits of his enemies, such as Callicrates, the Achaean statesman responsible for his Roman exile.<ref>Peter Green, Alexander to Actium</ref>

 

 

Polybius has been noted to be hostile to some of his subject material. H. Ormerod considers that Polybius cannot be regarded as an 'altogether unprejudiced witness' in relation to his ''betes noires'', the Aetolians, the Carthaginians, and the Cretans.<ref>Piracy in the Ancient World, p141 H Ormerod</ref> Other historians agree Polybius' treatment of [[Crete]] is biased in a negative sense.<ref>Mogens Herman Hansen 1995, ''Sources for the Ancient Greek City-State: Symposium'', August 24–27, 1994, Kgl. Danske, Videnskabernes Selskab, 376 pages {{ISBN|87-7304-267-6}}</ref> On the other hand, Hansen notes that Polybius' exposition of [[ancient Crete|Crete]] supplied an extremely detailed account of the island. In fact, observations made by Polybius, in conjunction with passages from [[Strabo]] ve [[Scylax]],<ref>[[Robert Pashley]], ''Travels in Crete'', 1837, J. Murray</ref> allowed the discovery of the location of the lost city of [[Kydonia]] on Crete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10881/cydonia.html#fieldnotes |title=C. Michael Hogan, ''Cydonia'', Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008 |publisher=Themodernantiquarian.com |accessdate=2010-02-28}}</ref>