Private associations in the ancient Greek world regulations and the creation of group identity

Private associations abounded in the ancient Greek world and beyond, and this volume provides the first large-scale study of the strategies of governance which they employed. It explores them in their wider social, political, religious and global contexts and is valuable for historians, social scien...

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Other Authors: Gabrielsen, Vincent, editor (editor), Paganini, Mario C. D., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2023.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009769406406719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Associations' regulations from the ancient Greek world and beyond: an introduction V. Gabrielsen and M. C. D. Paganini; 2. Admission procedures and financial contributions in private associations: norms and deviations N. Giannakopoulos; 3. Regulations on absence and obligatory participation in ancient associations B. Eckhardt; 4. The place of purity: groups and associations, authority and sanctuaries J.-M. Carbon; 5. Associations and place: regulating meeting-places and sanctuaries S. Skaltsa; 6. Greek thorybos, Roman eustatheia. The normative universe of Athenian cult associations I. Arnaoutoglou; 7. Private affairs in a public domain: regulating behavioural code towards benefactresses and planning a strategy of social impact in Mantinean associations S. Zoumbaki; 8. A world full of associations: rules and community values in early Roman Egypt M. Langellotti; 9. Ordo corporatorum. The rules of Roman associations and the collegia at Ostia in the second and third centuries AD N. Tran; 10. Rules and regulations of associations – the Eurasian comparandum K. G. Ever; 11. Conclusion: associations in their world V. Gabrielsen and M. C. D. Paganini.