Research Catalog

Title

Luxury and wealth in Sparta and the Peloponnese / edited by Stephen Hodkinson and Chrysanthi Gallou ; contributors, Sophia Aneziri [and 14 others].

Publication

Swansea : The Classical Press of Wales, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hodkinson, Stephen
• Gallou, Chrysanthi

Description

xxi, 313 pages; 20 cm

Summary

A Spartan lifestyle proverbially describes austerity; ancient Greek luxury was associated with Ionia and the oriental world. The contributions to this book, first presented at a conference held by the University of Nottingham's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies, reverse the stereotype and explore the role of luxury and wealth at Sparta and among its Peloponnesian neighbours from the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period. Using literary, archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic evidence, an international team of specialists investigates the definition and changing meanings of the term luxury and its nearest ancient Greek equivalents, providing new insights into Sparta's supposed abstention from luxury, and the way that this was portrayed by ancient writers. They analyse wealth production and private and public spending, emphasising features that were distinctive to Sparta and the Peloponnese compared with other parts of ancient Greece. Other chapters investigate issues still familiar in the contemporary world: economic crisis and debt, austerity measures, and relief provisions for the poor.

Subject

• Civilization
• Economic history
• Social conditions
• Economic conditions
• Sparta (Extinct city) > Civilization
• Peloponnesus (Greece : Peninsula) > Civilization
• Sparta (Extinct city) > Economic conditions
• Peloponnesus (Greece : Peninsula) > Economic conditions
• Sparta (Extinct city) > Social conditions
• Peloponnesus (Greece : Peninsula) > Social conditions
• Greece > Peloponnesus (Peninsula)
• Greece > Sparta (Extinct city)
• Greece

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 23-1083

ISBN

• 9781910589830
• 1910589837
• 9781910589847 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1314332438

Title

Luxury and wealth in Sparta and the Peloponnese / edited by Stephen Hodkinson and Chrysanthi Gallou ; contributors, Sophia Aneziri [and 14 others].

Publisher

Swansea : The Classical Press of Wales, 2021.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Hodkinson, Stephen, editor.

Gallou, Chrysanthi, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1083