Herodes Attikos and the City of Athens : Patronage and Conflict under the Antonines

by: Tobin, J.

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Herodes Attikos, teacher, orator, millionaire, is perhaps best known for the many buildings and sculptures he erected in Greece, Italy and Asia Minor. No area benefited more than his native Athens, where his munificence rebuilt the Panathenaic Stadium, constructed the Odeion on the slopes of the Acropolis, and funded many public festivals. In addition to these donations, his position as the wealthiest citizen in Athens as well as his ties to the imperial family gave him political power in the city, agai nst which the Athenians at times rebelled. His generosity bred gratitude while his wealth and power bred resentment. This book examines Herodes? relationship with Athens through the study of the buildings, statues and inscriptions he funded there. While it delves into the motives and mechanisms of his benefactions it also highlights the political and social currents in Athens of the second century AD.

Introduction: Herodes at Sirmium
Ch. I. The Life and Work of Herodes
Ch. II. Portraits and Self-Presentation
Family and Friends
Ch. III. The Curse Inscriptions
Persecution Or Paranoia?
Ch. IV. Public Benefactions at Athens and Eleusis
Cui Bono?
Ch. V.A Family's Resting Place: Herodes' Villa at Kephisia
Ch. VI. Marathon and Its Environs: The Search for Herodes' Villa
Conclusion: Sirmium Revisited
Herodes the Tyrant
App. I. Monuments Outside of Attica Associated With Herodes Attikos
App. II. Herodes' Estate at Loukou
App. III. Herodes' Estate on the Via Appia

Subjects:
96-192
Athens (Greece) History
Athens (Greece) History Roman era, 146 B.C.-323 A.D
Athènes (Grèce) 1er siècle Biographies
Athènes (Grèce) Histoire
Benefactors
Benefactors Greece Athens Biography
Bienfaiteurs Grèce Athènes Biographies
Bienfaiteurs Rome Provinces
Biografie
Biographies
Consuls (Rome)
Consuls romains Biographies
Consuls, Roman
Consuls, Roman Biography
Greece Athens
Herodes (Atticus)
Herodes Atticus
Herodes Atticus 101-177
Herodes Atticus Political and social views
Hérode Atticus, (0101-0177)
History
Rome (Empire)
Rome 30 av. J.-C.-284
Rome Histoire 96-192 (Antonins)
Rome History Antonines, 96-192
Sophists (Greek philosophy)

Herodes Attikos and the City of Athens : Patronage and Conflict under the Antonines

by: Tobin, J.

• ISBN-13: 9789050632867 / 978-90-5063-286-7
• ISBN-03: 9050632866 / 90-5063-286-6
• J.C. Gieben, Amsterdam, 1997

Price: 124,00 EURO

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