The Origins of Euergetism
by
Marc Domingo Gygax
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
This volume presents for the first time an in-depth analysis of the origins of Greek euergetism. Derived from the Greek for 'benefactor', 'euergetism' refers to the process whereby citizens and foreigners offered voluntary services and donations to the polis that were in turn recognised as benefactions...