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1 online resource (xii, 395 pages) |
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Oxford classical monographs |
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Oxford classical monographs.
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| Contents |
Introduction : sacred and public land : modern scholarly responses -- The Athenian polis as administrator of sacred realty. A preliminary note -- The landed wealth of Athena Polias and the other gods -- The sacred property of the Eleusinian Goddesses : administrative aspects -- The new polis-gods as proprietors of realty -- Athenaion Politeia 47.4-5 and the leasing of sacred lands in classical Athens -- Investing sacred rentals -- The economic significance of sacred rentals -- The constitutional subunits of Athens as administrators of realty. The landed assets of the Attic tribes -- The real property of the Attic demes -- The non-constitutional associations of Athens as administrators of realty. The real property of the Attic phratries -- The Attic gene and their landed property -- The real property of the Attic orgeones -- Other types of associations as property administrators -- Public, non-sacred, realty in ancient Athens. The evidence -- An interpretative analysis -- Conspectus -- Appendices. The sacred orgas -- Moriai : sacred arboriculture in classical Athens -- IG II2 1593 revisited -- The Theodoreion of the Prasieis -- The genos of the Pyrrhakidai -- The split of the Salaminioi and the eponymous archon Phanomachos -- Catalogue of lessees and guarantors of polis-controlled temene |
| Summary |
"Landed wealth was crucial for the economies of all Greek city-states and, despite its peculiarities, Athens was no exception in that respect. This monograph is the first exhaustive treatment of sacred and public--in other words the non-private--real property in Athens. Following a survey of modern scholarship on the topic, Papazarkadas scrutinizes literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence in order to examine lands and other types of realty administered by the polis of Athens and its constitutional and semi-official subdivisions (such as tribes, demes, phratries, and religious associations). Contrary to earlier anachronistic models which saw sacred realty as a thinly disguised form of state property, the author perceives the sanctity of temene (sacred landholdings) as meaningful, both conceptually and economically. In particular, he detects a seamless link between sacred rentals and cultic activity. This link is markedly visible in two distinctive cases: the border area known as Sacred Orgas, a constant source of contention between Athens and Megara; and the moriai, Athena's sacred olive-trees, whose crop was the coveted prize of the Panathenaic games. Both topics are treated in separate appendices as are several other problems, not least the socio-economic profile of those involved in the leasing of sacred property, emerging from a detailed prosopographical analysis. However, certain non-private landholdings were secular and alienable, and their exploitation was often based on financial schemes different from those applied in the case of temene. This gives the author the opportunity to analyze and elucidate ancient notions of public and sacred ownership."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-372) and indexes |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Land use -- Economic aspects -- Greece -- Athens -- History
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Real property -- Economic aspects -- Greece -- Athens -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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Land use -- Economic aspects
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Real property -- Economic aspects
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Greece -- Athens
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191624193 |
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0191624195 |
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9780191732003 |
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0191732001 |
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9781283352680 |
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1283352680 |
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9786613352682 |
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6613352683 |
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