Honorific culture at Delphi in the Hellenistic and Roman periods /

"The goal of this inscription-based study is to shed new light on Hellenistic and Roman Delphi by placing inscribed honours at the front and centre of the investigation. This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and coherent discussion of the Delphic gift-giving system, its region...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grzesik, Dominika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Brill's studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, volume 17
Subjects:
Gifts > Greece > Delphi (Extinct city) > History.
Inscriptions, Greek > Greece > Delphi (Extinct city) > History.
Cadeaux > Grèce > Delphes (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
Inscriptions grecques > Grèce > Delphes (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
Gifts
Inscriptions, Greek
Manners and customs
Delphi (Extinct city) > Social life and customs.
Delphes (Ville ancienne) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Greece > Delphi (Extinct city)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The epigraphy of honours : epigraphic habit and honorific culture at Delphi
  • The rhythms and trends in gift-giving at Delphi
  • The Delphic proxeny network
  • Honorific communities : the recipients of gifts at Delphi
  • The language of honours
  • The topography of honours
  • Epilogue : post-classical Delphi.

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