Description: 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.
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EAN: 9781108842051
UPC: 9781108842051
ISBN: 9781108842051
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Book Title: Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 348 Pages
Publication Name: Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 150 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 690 g
Author: Marc Domingo Gygax, Arjan Zuiderhoek
Item Width: 230 mm
Format: Hardcover
