Polybian

Adjective

Meaning

Polybian (comparative more Polybian, superlative most Polybian)

Relating to the Ancient Greek historian and scholar Polybius.

Examples

The largest Polybian work was, of course, his Histories, of which only the first five books survive entirely intact, along with a large portion of the sixth book and fragments of the rest. Source: Internet

The University of Pennsylvania has an intellectual society, the Polybian Society, which is named in his honor and serves as a non-partisan forum for discussing societal issues and policy. Source: Internet

What gave Burke such faith, especially in his denial of what had been regarded as Polybian or Livian truths, staples of Western thought and civilization? Source: Internet

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