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Proxeny and polis : institutional networks in the ancient Greek world /

This volume presents a new reconstruction of proxeny, based on a detailed analysis of the function of the formulaic language of honorific decrees, and explores the way in which interstate institutions shaped the behaviour of individuals and communities in the ancient world. It draws on other materia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mack, William Joseph Behm Garner, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in ancient documents.
Subjects:
Proxenies (Greek officials)
Greece > Foreign relations > To 146 B.C.
Proxènes.
Grèce > Relations extérieures > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations
Greece
Greece.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
To 146 B.C.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Anatomy of an ancient institution
  • Proxeny in its political contexts
  • Proxeny networks
  • Proxeny and the performance of Polis identity
  • The disappearance of proxeny and the domination of Rome