Women appear frequently as donors in the Greek antiquity, an action that emphasizes their presence in the public sphere. The endowments of movable or landed property, which were undertaken in order to furnish a permanent income for the perpetual support of a specific purpose, constitute an interesting category within the wide category of female donations constitute. This epigraphic evidence offers rich information about the founder, the recipient of the endowment, the endowment assets or their administration. Moreover, it allows us to ask questions on female agency and the purposes of the endowments, on the role of family as well as the perception of the endowments in the respective societies. The numerous cases in which men act as donors c...
Cuneiform sources in archives of the northern part of the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria and ...
In ancient Greece, Thessaly, Aitolia, Epiros, Macedonia, Cyclads, Aegean’s Islands and the eastern c...
International audienceWhich was the place women held in the dynamics of exchange in Greek classical ...
The giving and interchange of gifts, otherwise known as reciprocity or gift-giving, was a pervasive ...
This paper studies the formulations used in two closed groups of inscriptions from sanctuaries of go...
This work deals with the participation of Hellenistic queens in the euergetism Ba system characteris...
The roots of classical Greek public honorary display, often apparently secular in tone, can be found...
A small, yet significant body of archaeological and epigraphical evidence demonstrates that women in...
The famous dedication by Xenokrateia to the river god Kephisos and other divinities not far from the...
Five subscriptions, public or private, recently published or re-published in Iscrizioni di Cos (1993...
Beate Dignas, Benefitting Benefactors : Greek Priests and Euergetism. It is commonly accepted that ...
L’image que la littérature grecque donne des femmes est souvent négative et l’idéal féminin qui s’en...
The mechanics of Athenian society in many ways empowered citizen women as essential components of th...
In the Realm of Sicily, the religious patronage begun by the women of the dynasties Norman and Hohen...
Many studies indicate the complex character of Aphrodite. In spite of this the goddess is often pict...
Cuneiform sources in archives of the northern part of the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria and ...
In ancient Greece, Thessaly, Aitolia, Epiros, Macedonia, Cyclads, Aegean’s Islands and the eastern c...
International audienceWhich was the place women held in the dynamics of exchange in Greek classical ...
The giving and interchange of gifts, otherwise known as reciprocity or gift-giving, was a pervasive ...
This paper studies the formulations used in two closed groups of inscriptions from sanctuaries of go...
This work deals with the participation of Hellenistic queens in the euergetism Ba system characteris...
The roots of classical Greek public honorary display, often apparently secular in tone, can be found...
A small, yet significant body of archaeological and epigraphical evidence demonstrates that women in...
The famous dedication by Xenokrateia to the river god Kephisos and other divinities not far from the...
Five subscriptions, public or private, recently published or re-published in Iscrizioni di Cos (1993...
Beate Dignas, Benefitting Benefactors : Greek Priests and Euergetism. It is commonly accepted that ...
L’image que la littérature grecque donne des femmes est souvent négative et l’idéal féminin qui s’en...
The mechanics of Athenian society in many ways empowered citizen women as essential components of th...
In the Realm of Sicily, the religious patronage begun by the women of the dynasties Norman and Hohen...
Many studies indicate the complex character of Aphrodite. In spite of this the goddess is often pict...
Cuneiform sources in archives of the northern part of the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria and ...
In ancient Greece, Thessaly, Aitolia, Epiros, Macedonia, Cyclads, Aegean’s Islands and the eastern c...
International audienceWhich was the place women held in the dynamics of exchange in Greek classical ...