The limits of altruism in democratic Athens (Record no. 197389)

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Classification number 320.938/5
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Christ, Matthew Robert.
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Title The limits of altruism in democratic Athens
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Matthew R. Christ.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge [England] ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2012.
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Extent x, 215 p.
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the philanthropic Athenian?; 1. Helping behavior in classical Athens; 2. Helping and democratic citizenship; 3. Helping and community in the Athenian lawcourts; 4. "Helping others" in Athenian interstate relations; Conclusion: helping and the Athenian experience.
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Summary, etc. "The Philanthropic Athenian? Athenians in the classical period (508-322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people, who rushed to the aid of others in distress at home and abroad. Litigants in the popular courts appeal to this ideal when they call upon large panels of jurors collectively to intervene and help them against their unjust opponents with a favorable verdict. Speakers delivering funeral orations for the state's war dead portray Athenians as valiant rescuers of their Greek neighbors from mythical times on. Tragedians bring on stage mythical instances of Athenians helping desperate suppliants from other states. Orators addressing the Assembly sometimes invoke this tradition of helping others when urging their audiences to vote in favor of intervention abroad. In light of how prominently this heroic image of Athenians as noble helpers figures in public discourse, we can have little doubt that this was a central element of civic ideology. It is reasonable to ask, however, what relation this image bears to actual Athenian behavior at home and abroad and to what extent it simplifies or distorts Athenian attitudes toward helping others. This study focuses on how helping figured in Athenians' relations with their fellow citizens, their city, and other Greek city-states rather than on the role of helping in the more intimate relationships of family members and friends. The latter subject has drawn considerable scholarly attention in recent decades in work on the Athenian family and friendship, and there is a general consensus that Athenians, like other Greeks, were under strong pressure to help their family members and friends"--
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Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction.
Place of reproduction Palo Alto, Calif. :
Agency responsible for reproduction ebrary,
Date of reproduction 2011.
Note about reproduction Available via World Wide Web.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Altruism
General subdivision Political aspects
Geographic subdivision Greece
-- Athens
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision To 1500.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Athens (Greece)
General subdivision Politics and government.
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