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Herodes Attikos and the city of Athens : patronage and conflict under the Antonines /

Tobin, Jennifer

Herodes Attikos and the city of Athens : patronage and conflict under the Antonines / Jennifer Tobin. - Amsterdam : Gieben, 1997. - xii, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 125 cm. - Archaia Hellas v. 4.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-399). and index.

Introduction: Herodes at Sirmium -- Chapter I. The Life and Work of Herodes -- Chapter II. Portraits and Self-Presentation -- Family and Friends -- Chapter III. The Curse Inscriptions --
Persecution Or Paranoia? -- Chapter IV. Public Benefactions at Athens and Eleusis -- Cui Bono? -- Chapter V. A Family's Resting Place: Herodes' Villa at Kephisia -- Chapter VI. Marathon and Its Environs: The Search for Herodes' Villa --
Conclusion: Sirmium Revisited -- Herodes the Tyrant -- Appendix I. Monuments Outside of Attica Associated With Herodes Attikos -- Appendix II. Herodes' Estate at Loukou -- Appendix III. Herodes' Estate on the Via Appia..

ISBN: 9050632866

Subjects--Personal Names:
Herodes Atticus

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Consuls, Roman--Biography
Benefactors--Biography--Rome

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Athens (Greece)--History
Rome--History--Antonines, 96-192

Dewey Class. No.: 938.509