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Introduction

Benefactors and the Polis, a Long-Term Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2021

By
Marc Domingo Gygax  and
Arjan Zuiderhoek
Edited by
Marc Domingo Gygax  and
Arjan Zuiderhoek
Marc Domingo Gygax
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
Arjan Zuiderhoek
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Summary

The Introduction outlines the main themes, issues and structure of the volume; provides a historiography of the debate on public giving and euergetism; and discusses recent theories.

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elite public gift-givingeuergetismgift-exchangehistoriography of euergetism
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Benefactors and the Polis
The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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