Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis society. Surveys the main scholarly debates on the phenomenon and continuities and changes between periods, and provides new theories and insights.
Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis society. Surveys the main scholarly debates on the phenomenon and continuities and changes between periods, and provides new theories and insights.
Introduction. Benefactors and the polis: a long-term perspective Marc Domingo Gygax and Arjan Zuiderhoek; Part I. Benefiting the Community in Early Greece: 1. Heroic benefactors? The limits of generosity in Homer Hans van Wees; 2. The garden of Pisistratus: benefits and dues in archaic Athens Beate Wagner-Hasel; Part II. Classical Benefactors: 3. Classical Athens and the invention of civic euergetism Marc Domingo Gygax; 4. The scale of benefaction Robin Osborne; Part III. Hellenistic Benefactors: 5. The politics of endowments Sitta von Reden; 6. 'To be magnanimous and grateful': the entanglement of cities and empires in the Hellenistic Aegean Rolf Strootman; 7. Socially embedded benefaction on Delos John Tully; Part IV. Benefactors and the Polis under Rome: 8. Emperors, benefaction and honorific practice in the Roman imperial Greek polis Carlos Noreña; 9. Benefactors and the poleis in the Roman Empire: civic munificence in the Roman East in the context of the longue durée Arjan Zuiderhoek; 10. Festivals and benefactors Onno van Nijf; Part V. The Decline and Fall of Euergetism?: 11. Bishops and the politics of lithomania in early Byzantium Daniel Caner; 12. Euergetism, Christianity and municipal culture in Late Antiquity, from Aquileia to Gerasa (fourth¿sixth centuries CE) Christophe Goddard; Conclusion Marc Domingo Gygax and Arjan Zuiderhoek; Index.
Introduction. Benefactors and the polis: a long-term perspective Marc Domingo Gygax and Arjan Zuiderhoek; Part I. Benefiting the Community in Early Greece: 1. Heroic benefactors? The limits of generosity in Homer Hans van Wees; 2. The garden of Pisistratus: benefits and dues in archaic Athens Beate Wagner-Hasel; Part II. Classical Benefactors: 3. Classical Athens and the invention of civic euergetism Marc Domingo Gygax; 4. The scale of benefaction Robin Osborne; Part III. Hellenistic Benefactors: 5. The politics of endowments Sitta von Reden; 6. 'To be magnanimous and grateful': the entanglement of cities and empires in the Hellenistic Aegean Rolf Strootman; 7. Socially embedded benefaction on Delos John Tully; Part IV. Benefactors and the Polis under Rome: 8. Emperors, benefaction and honorific practice in the Roman imperial Greek polis Carlos Noreña; 9. Benefactors and the poleis in the Roman Empire: civic munificence in the Roman East in the context of the longue durée Arjan Zuiderhoek; 10. Festivals and benefactors Onno van Nijf; Part V. The Decline and Fall of Euergetism?: 11. Bishops and the politics of lithomania in early Byzantium Daniel Caner; 12. Euergetism, Christianity and municipal culture in Late Antiquity, from Aquileia to Gerasa (fourth¿sixth centuries CE) Christophe Goddard; Conclusion Marc Domingo Gygax and Arjan Zuiderhoek; Index.
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
