Benefaction and rewards in the ancient Greek city : the origins of euergetism / Marc Domingo Gygax (Princeton University).

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"This volume presents for the first time an in-depth analysis of the origins of Greek euergetism. Derived from the Greek for 'benefactor, ' 'euergetism' refers to the process whereby citizens and foreigners offered voluntary services and donations to the polis that were in turn recognised as benefac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Domingo Gygax, Marc (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Greece > History > To 146 B.C.
Benefactors > Greece > History > To 1500.
Voluntarism > Greece > History > To 1500.
Gifts > Greece > History > To 1500.
City and town life > Greece > History > To 1500.
City-states > Greece > History > To 1500.
Interpersonal relations > Greece > History > To 1500.
Power (Social sciences) > Greece > History > To 1500.
Greece > Social life and customs.
Greece > Social conditions > To 146 B.C.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Benefactors.
City and town life.
City-states.
Gifts.
Interpersonal relations.
Manners and customs.
Power (Social sciences)
Social conditions.
Voluntarism.
Greece.
To 1500
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi, 321 pages
Format: Book

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