Valuing others in classical antiquity / / edited by Ralph M. Rosen and Ineke Sluiter.

How does a discourse of ‘valuing others’ help to make a group a group? The fifth in a series exploring ‘ancient values’, this book investigates what value terms and evaluative concepts were used in Greece and Rome to articulate the idea that people ‘belong together’, as a family, a group, a polis, a...

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Superior document:Mnemosyne. Supplements ; Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature v. 323.
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, Supplements 323.
Physical Description:1 online resource (477 p.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Ralph M. Rosen and Ineke Sluiter
  • General Introduction / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen
  • Classical Greek Urbanism: A Social Darwinian View / John Bintliff
  • Shared Sanctuaries and the Gods of Others: On theMeaning of ‘Common’ in Herodotus 8.144 / Irene Polinskaya
  • Kharis, Kharites, Festivals, and Social Peace in the Classical Greek City / Nick Fisher
  • Communal Values in Ancient Diplomacy / Sarah Bolmarcich
  • Tecmessa’s Legacy: Valuing Outsiders in Athens’ Democracy / RobertW Wallace
  • The Instrumental Value of Others and Institutional Change: An Athenian Case Study / Josiah Ober
  • Visibility and Social Evaluation in Athenian Litigation / Eveline van ’t Wout
  • Helping and Community in the Athenian Lawcourts / Matthew R. Christ
  • Are Fellow Citizens Friends? Aristotle versus Cicero on Philia, Amicitia, and Social Solidarity / David Konstan
  • Pricing the Invaluable: Socrates and the Value of Friendship / Tazuko van Berkel
  • On Belonging in Plato’s Lysis / Albert Joosse
  • Not Valuing Others: Reflections of Social Cohesion in the Characters of Theophrastus / Ivo Volt
  • Evaluating Others and Evaluating Oneself in Epictetus’ Discourses / Gerard J. Boter
  • Human Connections and Paternal Evocations: Two Elite Roman Women Writers and the Valuing of Others / Judith P. Hallett
  • Quid Tibi Ego Videor in Epistulis? Cicero’s Verecundia / Cynthia Damon
  • Citizen as Enemy in Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae / Aislinn Melchior
  • Valuing Others in the Gladiatorial Barracks / Kathleen M. Coleman
  • Index of Greek terms / Ralph M. Rosen and Ineke Sluiter
  • Index of Latin terms / Ralph M. Rosen and Ineke Sluiter
  • Index locorum / Ralph M. Rosen and Ineke Sluiter
  • General index / Ralph M. Rosen and Ineke Sluiter.