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03518aam a2200361 a 4500 001 24E852482FDF11E3BFAB6AC6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131008010120 008 120418s2012 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012016093 020 $a 1107029775 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107029774 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)794037221 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d COO $d IUL $d NLE $d ERASA $d PUL $d DEBSZ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gr--- 050 00 $a JC75.A48 $b C47 2012 082 00 $a 320.938/5 $2 23 084 $a HIS002000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Christ, Matthew Robert. 245 14 $a The limits of altruism in democratic Athens / $c Matthew Christ. 260 $a Cambridge [England] ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a x, 215 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "This book argues that, contrary to how Athenians idealized themselves, they felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens and did not feel strongly obliged as a group to help peoples of other states"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Philanthropic Athenian? Athenians in the classical period (508-322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people, who rushed to the aid of others in distress at home and abroad. Litigants in the popular courts appeal to this ideal when they call upon large panels of jurors collectively to intervene and help them against their unjust opponents with a favorable verdict. Speakers delivering funeral orations for the state's war dead portray Athenians as valiant rescuers of their Greek neighbors from mythical times on. Tragedians bring on stage mythical instances of Athenians helping desperate suppliants from other states. Orators addressing the Assembly sometimes invoke this tradition of helping others when urging their audiences to vote in favor of intervention abroad. In light of how prominently this heroic image of Athenians as noble helpers figures in public discourse, we can have little doubt that this was a central element of civic ideology. It is reasonable to ask, however, what relation this image bears to actual Athenian behavior at home and abroad and to what extent it simplifies or distorts Athenian attitudes toward helping others. This study focuses on how helping figured in Athenians' relations with their fellow citizens, their city, and other Greek city-states rather than on the role of helping in the more intimate relationships of family members and friends. The latter subject has drawn considerable scholarly attention in recent decades in work on the Athenian family and friendship, and there is a general consensus that Athenians, like other Greeks, were under strong pressure to help their family members and friends"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and indexes. 505 0 $a Introduction: the philanthropic Athenian? -- 1. Helping behavior in classical Athens -- 2. Helping and democratic citizenship -- 3. Helping and community in the Athenian lawcourts -- 4. "Helping others" in Athenian interstate relations -- Conclusion: helping and the Athenian experience. 650 0 $a Altruism $x History $z Athens $z Athens $x History $y To 1500. 651 0 $a Athens (Greece) $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Ancient / General. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210021759.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=24E852482FDF11E3BFAB6AC6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search