The Place of Honour: Associations’ Sanctuaries and Inscribed Honours in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Athens
Association sanctuaries were important venues for claiming social importance in the world of late Classical and early Hellenistic Athens. Like public associations (demes and tribes) private associations passed honors for distinguished members of their society and put them on display. Not everybody approved.
The ‘Thirteenth Deme’ of Lindos
Hellenistic Lindos was home to a remarkable association which through its connections with the local elite was gradually integrated into the civic structure of Lindos and achieved a position similar to that of the demes.
The Eranistai of Classical Athens
The eranos is shown by Aristotle and inscriptions to have been a formal organization already in the fourth century B.C., making loans that were not simply ‘friendly’ but interest-bearing and enforceable.
The ‘Snap Vote’ of 462/1 BCE
Scholars maintain that the absence of conservative Athenian hoplites paved the way for radical democratic reform under Ephialtes. This piece reexamines the evidence and questions the connection.
The ‘Snap Vote’ of 462/1 BCE
Scholars maintain that the absence of conservative Athenian hoplites paved the way for radical democratic reform under Ephialtes. This piece reexamines the evidence and questions the connection.
Christian A Thomsen 