Benefactors and the Polis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108842051)

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.

Author: Marc Domingo Gygax
ISBN-10: 1108842054
ISBN-13: 9781108842051
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/18/2021
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d