Benefactors and the polis: the public gift in the Greek cities from the Homeric world to late antiquity

Historians generally study elite public gift-giving in ancient Greek cities as a phenomenon that gained prominence only in the Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods. The contributors to this volume challenge this perspective by offering analyses of various manifestations of elite public giving in t...

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Körperschaft: Benefactors and the Polis: Origins and Development of the Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity (Veranstaltung) Princeton, NJ (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Domingo Gygax, Marc 1965- (HerausgeberIn), Zuiderhoek, Arjan 1976- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Historians generally study elite public gift-giving in ancient Greek cities as a phenomenon that gained prominence only in the Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods. The contributors to this volume challenge this perspective by offering analyses of various manifestations of elite public giving in the Greek cities from Homeric times until Late Antiquity, highlighting this as a structural feature of polis society from its origins in the early Archaic age to the world of the Christian Greek city in the early Byzantine period. They discuss existing interpretations, offer novel ideas and arguments, and stress continuities and changes over time. Bracketed by a substantial Introduction and Conclusion, the volume is accessible both to ancient historians and to scholars studying gift-giving in other times and places
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 359 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781108895859
DOI:10.1017/9781108895859