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POLYBIAN ESSAYS FOR F.W. WALBANK - (B.) Gibson, (T.) Harrison (edd.) Polybius and his World. Essays in Memory of F.W. Walbank. Pp. 416, figs, ill. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Cased, £85, US$150. ISBN: 978-0-19-960840-9.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2014

Paul Burton
Paul Burton*
Affiliation:
The Australian National University
*
paul.burton@anu.edu.au
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The Classical Review , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , October 2014 , pp. 415 - 417
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1 Polybius (31.25.1, not cited by Sommer) likens his relationship with Scipio to that of father and son, with the older, more experienced Polybius, it is understood, inhabiting the role of the father, whose sage advice and friendship young Scipio ardently sought. If this were a case of clientela, Scipio, not Polybius, would be in the position of client – a patent absurdity. To avoid such absurdity, despite Sommer, we should take Polybius at his word when he characterises his relationship with Scipio as philia/amicitia. Sommer's comment at p. 317 n. 44 implicitly supports Polyb. 31.25.1 – thus undermining his entire argument.