The Springtime of the People: The Athenian Ephebeia and Citizen Training from Lykourgos to Augustus

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43335-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 806 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy

In The Springtime of the People: The Athenian Ephebeia and Citizen Training from Lykourgos to Augustus Thomas R. Henderson provides a new history of the Athenian ephebeia, a system of military, athletic, and moral instruction for new Athenian citizens. Characterized as a system of hoplite training with roots in ancient initiation rituals, the institution appears here as a later Lykourgan creation with the aim of reinvigorating Athenian civic culture.
This book also presents a re-evaluation of the Hellenistic phase of the ephebeia, which has been commonly regarded as an institution in decline. Utilizing new epigraphic material, the author demonstrates that, in addition to rigorous military training, the ephebeia remained an important institution and played a vital and vibrant part of Athenian civic life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

R Henderson, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas R. Henderson, Ph.D. (2012), Florida State University, is an independent scholar whose research interests include the history of Athens, Greek epigraphy, and Athenian civic life and culture in the Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods.