{"product_id":"after-the-past-willem-jongman-9789004128163","title":"After the Past: Essays in Ancient History in Honour of H.W. Pleket","description":"What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them?\u003cbr\u003eThese are important questions, but ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Willem Jongman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004128166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004128163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.74h x 6.62w x 1.18d","brand":"Willem Jongman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799198839039,"sku":"9789004128163","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-past-willem-jongman-9789004128163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}