About the Author

Christopher P. Jones is George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics and of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.

Reviews

[An] elegantly written little book.
*Times Literary Supplement*

Jones has written an original and illuminating book. Although there are many studies of the forms and procedures of Greek and Roman diplomacy, studies of its intellectual background are few. Jones's brief and lucid work is a valuable addition to that short list, providing the first comprehensive treatment of one of the central ideas of ancient diplomacy: kinship between states...[A] valuable work.
*Choice*