Valuing Others in Classical Antiquity

Ralph M. Rosen, Ph.D. (1983) in Classical Philology, Harvard University, is the Rose Family Endowed Term Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent book is Making Mockery. The Poetics of Ancient Satire (Oxford 2007).Ineke Sluiter, Ph.D. (1990) in Classics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is Professor of Greek at Leiden University. Her most recent book is (with Rita Copeland) Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric. Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 350-1475 (Oxford 2009).Contributors: Tazuko van Berkel, John Bintliff, Sarah Bolmarcich, Gerard J. Boter, Matthew R. Christ, Kathleen M. Coleman, Cynthia Damon, Nick Fisher, Judith P. Hallett, Albert Joosse, David Konstan, Aislinn Melchior, Josiah Ober, Irene Polinskaya, Ivo Volt, Robert W. Wallace, Eveline van 't Wout

• List of contributors Chapter 1General introduction, Ralph Rosen and Ineke SluiterChapter 2Classical Greek urbanism: a social Darwinian view, John BintliffChapter 3Shared sanctuaries and the gods of others: on the meaning of ‘common’ in Herodotus 8.144, Irene PolinskayaChapter 4Kharis, Kharites, festivals, and social peace in the Classical Greek City, Nick FisherChapter 5Communal values in ancient diplomacy, Sarah BolmarcichChapter 6Tecmessa’s legacy: valuing outsiders in Athens’ democracy, Robert W. WallaceChapter 7The instrumental value of others and institutional change: an Athenian case study, Josiah OberChapter 8Visibility and social evaluation in Athenian litigation, Eveline van ’t WoutChapter 9Helping and community in the Athenian lawcourts, Matthew R. ChristChapter 10Are fellow citizens friends? Aristotle versus Cicero on philia, amicitia, and social solidarity, David KonstanChapter 11Pricing the invaluable: Socrates and the value of friendship, Tazuko van BerkelChapter 12On belonging in Plato’s Lysis, Albert JoosseChapter 13Not valuing others: reflections of social cohesion in the Characters of Theophrastus, Ivo VoltChapter 14Evaluating others and evaluating oneself in Epictetus’ Discourses, Gerard J. BoterChapter 15Human connections and paternal evocations: two elite Roman women writers and the valuing of others, Judith P. HallettChapter 16Quid tibi ego videor in epistulis? Cicero’s verecundia, Cynthia DamonChapter 17Citizen as enemy in Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae, Aislinn MelchiorChapter 18Valuing others in the gladiatorial barracks, Kathleen M. ColemanIndex of Greek termsIndex of Latin termsIndex locorumGeneral index