Greeks Bearing Gifts: The Public Use of Private Relationships in the Greek World, 435-323 BC

by: Mitchell, L.G.

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Using models from social anthropology as its basis, this book looks at the role of personal relationships in classical Greece and their bearing on interstate politics. It begins with a discussion of what friendship meant in the Greek world of the classical period, and then shows how the models for friendship in the private sphere were mirrored in the public sphere at both domestic and interstate level. As well as relations between Greeks (in particular those in Athens and Sparta), Dr Mitchell looks at Greek relations with those on the margins of the Greek world, particularly the state of Macedon, and with neighbouring non-Greeks such as the Thracians and the Persians. She finds that these other cultures did not always have the same understanding of what friendship was, and that this led to misunderstandings and difficulties in the relations between non-Greeks and Greeks

Preface xi (2)
Abbreviations xiii
1 Philia
1 (21)
2 Philia and the polis
22 (19)
3 Philia and political activity
41 (32)
4 Magisterial appointments: Sparta
73 (17)
5 Magisterial appointments: Athens
90 (21)
6 Persia and the Greeks
111 (23)
7 Athenians and Thracians
134 (14)
8 Philip and the Greeks
148 (19)
9 Alexander
167 (11)
10 Friendship and ideology
178 (14)
Appendix I: Magistrates with connections 192 (10)
Appendix II: Notes on magistrates for the years 435-323 BC 202 (15)
Bibliography 217 (17)
Indexes 234

Subjects:
Amitié Grèce
Civilization
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Friendship
Friendship
Friendship Greece
Greece
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C
Greece Relations
Grèce Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C
Griekse oudheid
International relations
Interpersonal relations Political aspects
Interpersonal relations Political aspects Greece
Interpersoonlijke relaties
Politieke aspecten
To 146 B.C

Greeks Bearing Gifts: The Public Use of Private Relationships in the Greek World, 435-323 BC

by: Mitchell, L.G.

• ISBN-13: 9780521554350 / 978-0-521-55435-0
• ISBN-03: 0521554357 / 0-521-55435-7
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997

Price: 92,00 EURO

1 copy in stock