Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity

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Contents
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Introduction: Benefactors and the Polis, a Long-Term Perspective
	The Rise of a Subject
	Recent Developments
	This Volume
	Bibliography
Part I Benefiting the Community in Early Greece
	Chapter 1 Heroic Benefactors?: The Limits of Generosity in Homer
		Generosity in the Homeric World: Modern Interpretations
		The Homeric Gift: Payment and Tribute
		Gifts to Foreigners: Reciprocity, Profit and Public Funding
		The Homeric Feast: Elite Reciprocity and Public Funding
		The Lords and Their People: \'Public Service\' and Its Rewards
		Conclusion: Transformations of Generosity
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2 The Garden of Pisistratus: Benefactions and Dues in Archaic Athens
		Introduction: Plunderers of the Lambs and Kids of Their Own People
		Dues for the Tyrants
			Dotinai and Chremata
			Dekate and Eikoste
			Geras
		Generosity and Cult under the Tyrants
			A Fountain House for the Demos
			Garden Fruit for the Demos
		Tyrants: Thieves of Common Goods?
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
Part II Classical Benefactors
	Chapter 3 Classical Athens and the Invention of Civic Euergetism
		The \'Poisoned Chalice\'
		Gifts, Dependence and Power
		Reciprocity and Honors
		Honors and Controversies
		The Impact of the Peloponnesian War: Victorious Generals, Champions of Democracy, and Wealthy Donors
		Financial Needs, Great Commanders and the Democratization of Euergetism
		Euergetism and the Administration of the Polis
		Public Discourse and the Limits of Euergetism
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 4 The Scale of Benefaction
		Benefaction Should Not Be Separated from Gift-Giving
		Benefaction Exists Independently of Its Publicly Advertised Rewards
		What Corporate Groups Need
		How Scale Changes the Culture of Benefaction
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
Part III Hellenistic Benefactors
	Chapter 5 The Politics of Endowments
		The Theatre of Public Generosity
		Endowments and the Political Symbolism of Hellenistic Euergetism
		Euergetism and Democracy
		Endowments, Monuments and Democratic Communication
		Conclusions
		Bibliography
	Chapter 6 \'To be magnanimous and grateful\': The Entanglement of Cities and Empires in the Hellenistic Aegean
		Cities and Empires in the Hellenistic Aegean
		The Hellenistic Polis: The State of the Question
		The Financial Resources of Kings and Cities
		Material Benefactions and the Patronage of Sanctuaries
		The Freedom of the Greeks
		The Entanglement of Civic and Imperial Elites
		Conclusion: World Empire and Local Autonomy
		Bibliography
	Chapter 7 Socially Embedded Benefaction on Delos
		Delos as a Space for Competition and Display: Festivals
		Similarity of Presentation and Treatment of the Offerings
		Similarity of Offering and Festival Expenditure
		Similar Breadth of Divine Honorands and Approach to the Human-Divine Relationship
		The Profile of Dedicators
		Clustering of Foundation Dates
		Bibliography
Part IV Benefactors and the Polis under Rome
	Chapter 8 Emperors, Benefaction and Honorific Practice in the Roman Imperial Greek Polis
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9 Benefactors and the Poleis in the Roman Empire: Civic Munificence in the Roman East in the Context of the Longue Durée
		Introduction
		Benefactors and the Polis: Explaining the Centrality of the Public Gift
		Benefactors and the Poleis under the Roman Empire: Explaining Continuities and Changes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 10 Festivals and Benefactors
		Festivals as Opportunities for Benefaction
		Festival Euergetism as Source of Prestige
		Emperors and Festival Euergetism
		Tensions
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
Part V The Decline and Fall of Euergetism?
	Chapter 11 Bishops and the Politics of Lithomania in Early Byzantium
		Three Cases of Lithomania in the Early Fifth Century
		Christian Ideology, Core Constituencies and Ecclesiastical Funds of the Poor
		Needful Amenities, Episcopal Benefactions and Ecclesiastical Compassion
		Lay Benefactions, Episcopal Fundraising and Communal Solidarity
		Bibliography
			Primary Sources
			Secondary Sources
	Chapter 12 Euergetism, Christianity and Municipal Culture in Late Antiquity, from Aquileia to Gerasa (Fourth to Sixth Centuries CE)
		Portraits of Benefactors in Late Antique Aquileia
			The Long and Complex Story of the Aquileian \'Double Basilica\'
			Who Paid for It?
			The Cost of the Northern Building and Its Mosaic Pavement
			Portraying Christian Benefactors in Late Antique Aquileia
		Municipal Consciousness and Its Christian Asylum
		From Italy to Jordan, from Late Antique to Later Late Antique Cities: The Mirror of Social Transformation
		Bibliography
Conclusion
Index
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