Honorific Culture at Delphi in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-50247-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 615 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy

The goal of this inscription-based study is to shed new light on Hellenistic and Roman Delphi by placing inscribed honours at the front and centre of the investigation. This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and coherent discussion of the Delphic gift-giving system, its regional interactions, and its honorific network. It employs both conventional and new scientific methods, including an analysis of quantitative trends in the epigraphic records and a Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach. The volume also addresses a broad spectrum of epigraphic topics and discusses current research questions as well as future perspectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grzesik, Dominika

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures, Tables, Maps and Photos

Abbreviations

Practical Notes

Introduction

0.1 Scholarship on Greek Euergetism and Honorific Culture

0.2 Methodological Framework

0.3 The Structure of the Book

1 The Epigraphy of Honours: Epigraphic Habit and Honorific Culture at Delphi

1.1 Categories of Inscriptions

1.2 The Epigraphic Curve at Delphi and the Spread of Honorific Culture

1.3 The End of the Epigraphic Habit and Honorific Culture at Delphi

1.4 Conclusion

2 The Rhythms and Trends in Gift-Giving at Delphi

2.1 Types, Value and the Hierarchy of Honours

2.2 The Economy of Honours

2.3 Gifts for Citizens and Non-citizens

2.4 Conclusion

3 The Delphic Proxeny Network

3.1 The Delphic Proxenia and Regional Interactions

3.2 The Citizens of Delphi as Proxenoi of Other Cities and States

3.3 Conclusion

4 Honorific Communities: the Recipients of Gifts at Delphi

4.1 Delphi and Its Interstate Network System: Honorands from Neighbouring and More Distant Zones

4.2 Delphi and Its Wide Network System

4.3 The Female Honorands

4.4 Conclusion

5 The Language of Honours

5.1 The Formulae of Delphic Honorific Decrees and the Phenomenon of Delphic Abbreviated Decrees

5.2 Tituli Honorarii

5.3 Conclusion

6 The Topography of Honours

6.1 The Landscape of Epigraphy – the Location of Delphic Decrees

6.2 The Monumentalisation of Delphi – the Honorific Statuescape of Delphi

6.3 The Connection between Space and Power

6.4 Conclusion

Epilogue: Post-classical Delphi

Appendices

Appendix 1: An Overview of Delphic History

Appendix 2: Delphic Citizens Attested as Proxenoi of Other Cities and States

Appendix 3: The Network of Delphic Honorands

No. 1. A Narrow Network (Central Greece, Attica and the Peloponnese)

No. 2. A Network with More Distant Regions (Macedonia, Epirus, the Aegean Islands and the West Coast of Asia Minor)

No. 3. A Wide Network (the Propontic Areas, the Hellespont, the Black Sea Region, the South Coast of Asia Minor, Syria, Cyprus, Egypt and Magna Graecia)

Appendix 4: Roman Emperors and Family Members Praised at Delphi by Citizens of Delphi and the Amphictyony

Appendix 5: Proposers of Motions

Bibliography

Index of Sources

Index of Greek Terms

Index of Places

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dominika Grzesik, Ph.D. (2015), is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at the University of Wroclaw, educated in Wroclaw (University of Wroclaw) and Liverpool (University of Liverpool). She has published extensively on epigraphy of ancient Delphi. Her recent paper The epigraphic curve at Delphi is a part of the epigraphic project Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity (Routledge, 2020).