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After the Past: Essays in Ancient History in Honour of H.W. Pleket

After the Past: Essays in Ancient History in Honour of H.W. Pleket

Jongman, Willem
Kleijwegt, Marc

Hardcover

Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava, Book 233

Ancient GreeceGeneral World HistoryInterior Design

ISBN10: 9004128166
ISBN13: 9789004128163
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jun 28 2002
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.89
Height: 1.18 Width: 6.62 Depth: 9.74
Language: English
What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them?
These are important questions, but ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past.
This volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.

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