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The Athenian Ephebeia in the Fourth Century BCE /

"Based on the comprehensive study of the epigraphic and literary evidence, this book challenges the almost universally-held assumptions of modern scholarship on the date of origin, the function, and the purpose of the Athenian ephebeia. It offers a detailed reconstruction of the institution, wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friend, John L. (John Lennard), 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Colección:Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy ; v. 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Based on the comprehensive study of the epigraphic and literary evidence, this book challenges the almost universally-held assumptions of modern scholarship on the date of origin, the function, and the purpose of the Athenian ephebeia. It offers a detailed reconstruction of the institution, which in the fourth century BCE was a state-organized and -funded system of mandatory national service for ephebes, citizens in their nineteenth and twentieth years, consisting of garrison duty, military training, and civic education. It concludes that the contribution of the ephebeia was vital for the security of Attica and that the ephebes' non-military activities were moulded by social, economic, and religious influences which reflect the preoccupations of Lycurgus' administration in the 330s and 320s BCE"--
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Texas at Austin, 2009, titled The Athenian ephebeia in the Lycurgan period: 334/3-322/1 B.C.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 309 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004402058
9004402055
ISSN:1876-2557 ;