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 Valuing Others in Classical Antiquity

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xii)   (106K)
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    • Contents
    • Abbreviations
    • List Of Contributors
  • General Introduction (1-14) by Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen   (141K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. ‘Natural Values’, ‘Cultural Discourse Of Values’
    • 3. Valuing Others In Classical Antiquity
    • 4. The Project Of The Penn-Leiden Colloquia On Ancient Values
    • 5. In This Volume . . .
    • 6. Valuing Others By The Editors
    • Bibliography
  • Classical Greek Urbanism: A Social Darwinian View (15-42) by John Bintliff   (3M)
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    • 1. A Social Darwinian Perspective
    • 2. Iron Age Beginnings
    • 3. The Archaic Era
    • 4. The Classical Era
    • 5. The Hellenistic And Early Roman Eras
    • 6. The Social Darwinian Approach To The Trajectory Of The Greek Polis
    • Bibliography
  • Shared Sanctuaries And The Gods Of Others: On The Meaning Of ‘Common’ In Herodotus 8.144 (43-70) by Irene Polinskaya   (255K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2.The ‘Same’ And The ‘Common’ In The Herodotean Definition Of To Hellênikon
    • 3. Koinos, -ê, -On In Descriptions Of Greek Religious Categories
    • 4. ‘Same’ Gods, Enkhorioi Theoi, And The Gods Of Other Greeks
    • 5. ‘Valuing’ In Greek Religion: The Gods Of Other Greeks Are (Not) My Gods?
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Kharis, Kharites, Festivals, And Social Peace In The Classical Greek City (71-112) by Nick Fisher   (348K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Presiding Values Of Reciprocity: Kharis And The Kharites
    • 3. Changes In Polis Structures And Changes In Festivals
    • 4. Cleisthenes Of Athens And The Effects Of The Tribal Reforms
    • 5. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Communal Values In Ancient Diplomacy (113-136) by Sarah Bolmarcich   (216K)
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    • 1. Early Greek Diplomacy
    • 2. Philia
    • 3. Sungeneia
    • 4. Sungeneia In Fourth-Century Political Discourse
    • 5. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Tecmessa’s Legacy: Valuing Outsiders In Athens’ Democracy (137-154) by Robert W. Wallace   (163K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Herrendemokratie: A ‘Masters’ Democracy’
    • 3. Criticism Of Exclusion: Sophocles’ Ajax
    • 4. Defending Women
    • 5. Slaves And Foreigners
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • The Instrumental Value Of Others And Institutional Change: An Athenian Case Study (155-178) by Josiah Ober   (207K)
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    • 1. Instrumental Vs. Inherent Value
    • 2. Rules And Interests
    • 3. Law And Transaction Costs
    • 4. Dikai Emporikai
    • 5. Xenophon, Revenues
    • 6. Other Foreigner-Preference-Satisfying Policy Changes
    • 7. Conclusions: Evaluation
    • Bibliography
  • Visibility And Social Evaluation In Athenian Litigation (179-204) by Eveline Van ’t Wout   (239K)
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    • 1. Situations Of Critical Reference
    • 2. Sophocles’ Electra: Looking Forward To A Happy End
    • 3. See You In Court: Soliciting Social Evaluation In The Legal Sphere
    • 4. Beyond The Happy End
    • 5. Between Verdict And Judgment
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Helping And Community In The Athenian Lawcourts (205-232) by Matthew R. Christ   (244K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Courts As Venues For Helping
    • 3. Case Studies
    • 4. The Fragility Of Helping
    • 5. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Are Fellow Citizens Friends? Aristotle Versus Cicero On Philia, Amicitia, And Social Solidarity (233-248) by David Konstan   (151K)
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    • 1. Introduction: Friendship And Fellow Citizens
    • 2. Athens Versus Rome
    • 3. Friendship Versus Patronage
    • 4. Friendship And Class Relations
    • 5. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Pricing The Invaluable: Socrates And The Value Of Friendship (249-278) by Tazuko Van Berkel   (267K)
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    • 1. Meanings Of Exchange
    • 2. Framing Socratic Conversation: Socrates Versus Antiphon
    • 3. Friendship And The Discourse Of Commerce
    • 4. Redefining Value And Utility
    • 5. Commerce Versus Estate Management: Beyond The Egoism/ Altruism Debate
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • On Belonging In Plato’s Lysis (279-302) by Albert Joosse   (220K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Structure Of The Lysis
    • 3. OIKEION Does Not Depend On Good
    • 4. OIKEION Still Related To Good
    • 5. OIKEION And Reciprocity
    • 6. OIKEION And Family
    • 7. Natural Oikeiotês
    • 8. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Not Valuing Others: Reflections Of Social Cohesion In The Characters Of Theophrastus (303-322) by Ivo Volt   (196K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Spheres Of Social Interaction In The Characters
    • 3. The Public Playground
    • 4. Who Needs Friends?
    • 5. Thanks For Nothing
    • 6. Funny Or Not?
    • 7. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Evaluating Others And Evaluating Oneself In Epictetus’ Discourses (323-352) by Gerard J. Boter   (265K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Some Remarks On The Character Of The Discourses
    • 3. Evaluating Laymen
    • 4. Evaluating ‘Wrong’ Philosophers And Would-Be Philosophers
    • 5. Evaluating Pupils
    • 6. Conclusion: Epictetus Among His Pupils—How To Prevent Despondency
    • Bibliography
  • Human Connections And Paternal Evocations: Two Elite Roman Women Writers And The Valuing Of Others (353-374) by Judith P. Hall   (185K)
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    • 1. Introduction: The ‘Maternal Legacy’ Of Cornelia’s Values
    • 2. Cornelia’s Letter To Gaius: Challenging And Connecting With A Defiant Son; Recalling And Distancing Herself From A Dead Father
    • 3. Sulpicia’s Eleven Elegies And Epitaph: Recalling And Distancing Herself From A Father; Confirming Connections Within And Outside Her Family
    • 4. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Quid Tibi Ego Videor In Epistulis? Cicero’s Verecundia (375-390) by Cynthia Damon   (164K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Friendship In Theory: Cicero’s Laelius De Amicitia
    • 3. Friendship In Practice: Teasing And Taking It
    • 4. Friendship On The Surface
    • 5. Friendship In Practice: Being Annoying And Knowing It
    • 6. Cicero’s Verecundia
    • 7. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Citizen As Enemy In Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae (391-418) by Aislinn Melchior   (216K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Virtus And The Enemy
    • 3. Citizen As Enemy: The Hostis-Erklärung
    • 4. The Perils Of Metaphor
    • 5. Misdirected Valor: Through The Eyes Of Heroes
    • 6. The Final Battle . . . And Conclusions
    • Bibliography
  • Valuing Others In The Gladiatorial Barracks (419-446) by Kathleen M. Coleman   (242K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Evaluating Epitaphs
    • 3. Support Staff
    • 4. Gladiators
    • 5. Lanistae And Munerarii
    • 6. Mercy
    • 7. Christian Values In The Arena?
    • 8. Valuing A Good Death
    • 9. Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Index Of Greek Terms (447-452)   (72K)
  • Index Of Latin Terms (453-454)   (31K)
  • Index Locorum (455-468)   (101K)
  • General Index (469-476)   (93K)