Book contents
- Serving Athena
- Serving Athena
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Panathenaia: An Introduction
- 2 Giants and Heroes: The Mythologies of the Panathenaia
- 3 The Little Panathenaia
- 4 The Great Panathenaia: Ritual and Reciprocity
- 5 The Panathenaic Games: Entertaining the Goddess
- 6 Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Athenian Men
- 7 Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Other Residents and Non-Residents
- 8 The City, the Goddess and the Festival
- Book part
- Tables
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index of Collections
- General Index
7 - Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Other Residents and Non-Residents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
- Serving Athena
- Serving Athena
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Panathenaia: An Introduction
- 2 Giants and Heroes: The Mythologies of the Panathenaia
- 3 The Little Panathenaia
- 4 The Great Panathenaia: Ritual and Reciprocity
- 5 The Panathenaic Games: Entertaining the Goddess
- 6 Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Athenian Men
- 7 Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Other Residents and Non-Residents
- 8 The City, the Goddess and the Festival
- Book part
- Tables
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index of Collections
- General Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on the identities created for other residents (Athenian women and girls, male metics and their daughters and Athenian boys, beardless youths and ephebes) and non-residents (especially colonies and allies). In comparison to those of the male Athenians, the identities of other residents and non-residents of the city were not nearly as complex, in part because these other groups had limited opportunities for participation in the celebration. While the identities of Athenian boys, beardless youths and ephebes focused on their position as citizens-to-be or as the newest citizens who were prepared to fight for the city, the identities for the other groups focused on their service to the goddess. The participation of both non-residents and residents also marked them as members of the community of “all the Athenians” and allowed them to create identities as members of this group. International visitors had a significant role to play as excluded non-members who contrasted with members of the community. Thus, how one took part in the Great Panathenaia was instrumental in determining what it meant to be a member of “all the Athenians” who were celebrating the Great Panathenaia.
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- Serving AthenaThe Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities, pp. 253 - 313Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021