The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens

Christ, Matthew R.

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“… 3 For social and civic connectivity, see, for example, Ober 1993; 2008; Osborne 2000; 2010; 2011; Christ 2006; Laroux 2006; Shear 2007; Taylor 2007a; 2007b; Vlassopoulos 2007; Arrington 2010; Sobak 2015; cf. Jones 2004.…”

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Going the Extra Mile: Travel, Time and Distance in Classical Attica

McHugh

2019

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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The aim of this paper is to explore the physical connectivity of Attica by examining the realities of travel for Athenians wishing to engage with wider civic, social, economic and cultic institutions. This will be achieved by focussing upon the practicalities of short-, medium- and long-distance travel with the aim of differentiating aspects, modes and reasons for travel. This investigation will be realised through a series of computational scenarios created on the basis of a combination of ancient and nineteenth-century accounts of journeys through Attica along with the archaeological evidence of the Athenian road system. The results of this study shed light upon the constraints on, and opportunities for, participation in wider practices and the experience of travel for the individual traveller. Recent studies have shown there were many spaces in Attica that provided opportunities for Athenians to come together, to interact with each other and participate in civic, ritual and social institutions. The ultimate conclusions of this study will help to illustrate the fundamental connectivity and active engagement of the traveller with the Athenian landscape.

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Going the Extra Mile: Travel, Time and Distance in Classical Attica

McHugh

2019

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“…36 See Wallace (1989) with further bibliography, and particularly de Ste. Croix (1953), Brun (1983), Hansen (1999: 110) and Christ (2006). 37 E.g.…”

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“…de Ste. Croix (1953: 34 n. 20), Thomsen (1964: 183), Davies (1971: 593;1981: 146), Brun (1983: 9), Rhodes (1994: 193), Christ (2006Christ ( : 148, 2007 and Poddighe (2010). 48 Ste.…”

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What was the law of Leptines’ really about? Reflections on Athenian public economy and legislation in the fourth century BCE

Canevaro

2018

Const Polit Econ

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The article investigates a case study of fiscal policy formation in fourth century BCE Athens: that of the law of Leptines. The law was enacted but later challenged through a procedure of constitutional judicial review (graphe nomon me epitedeion theinai). Through a detailed analysis of the arguments at the trial, the article reconstructs the financial issues that the law was meant to solve, regarding the liturgical system and its wider implications. Recent scholarship has highlighted the complexity and sophistication of Athenian public finances and economic policy. The article finds a window into the debates from which the relevant institutions originated.

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“…100 Rosivach (2011). 101 Christ (2006) 161-64. Although Athens spent huge sums on civic events, expenditure on war exceeded anything else (Pritchard (2012)).…”

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Freedom and Patronage in the Athenian Democracy

Alwine

2016

J. Hell. Stud.

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Abstract:To ask a question about ‘patronage’ is to view the issue from a top-down, broadly-conceived theoretical perspective. To understand Athenian political thought, we need to take an emic approach, to consider the perspective of the Athenian citizenry, which was concerned with present realities rather than complex, abstract models. The Athenian system's protection of individual citizens incidentally put broad restrictions on elite patronage, but, despite these limitations, relationships of patronage persisted throughout the Classical period albeit in non-threatening forms. Measures that ensured financial independence for the poor came only ad hoc and gradually. This article pursues three theses: (1) Athenians cared more about securing the freedoms of individual citizens than abolishing patronage, (2) patronage (as we would call it) existed in Athens but only in forms not threatening to civic freedoms and (3) in Athenian thinking political freedom was prior to financial independence. This article also explores the possibility of patronage systems existing in Greek poleis outside Athens, arguing that patronage-limiting practices were typical of democratic regimes but unusual for oligarchies.

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The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens

Cited by 105 publications

References 169 publications

Going the Extra Mile: Travel, Time and Distance in Classical Attica

Going the Extra Mile: Travel, Time and Distance in Classical Attica

What was the law of Leptines’ really about? Reflections on Athenian public economy and legislation in the fourth century BCE

Freedom and Patronage in the Athenian Democracy

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