The language of metals -- Tyrants and transgression: Darius and Amasis -- Counterfeiting and gift exchange: the fate of Polykrates -- Kroisos and the oracular economy -- The Hetaira and the Pornē -- Herodotus's traffic on women -- Games people play -- Minting citizens
Summary
The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. This book analyses the ideological functions of Greek coinage
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-364) and indexes
