Benefactors and the Polis The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity
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- Benefactors and the Polis
- Benefactors and the Polis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Benefiting the Community in Early Greece
- Part II Classical Benefactors
- Part III Hellenistic Benefactors
- Part IV Benefactors and the Polis under Rome
- Part V The Decline and Fall of Euergetism?
- Conclusion
- Index
- Index locorum
- References
Part I - Benefiting the Community in Early Greece
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Book contents
- Benefactors and the Polis
- Benefactors and the Polis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Benefiting the Community in Early Greece
- Part II Classical Benefactors
- Part III Hellenistic Benefactors
- Part IV Benefactors and the Polis under Rome
- Part V The Decline and Fall of Euergetism?
- Conclusion
- Index
- Index locorum
- References
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