Private associations organized around a common cult, profession, ethnic identity, neighbourhood or family were common throughout the Greco-Roman antiquity. This volume collects a representative selection of inscriptions from associations in Asia Minor and the north coast of the …
Before starting reading Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy, we should keep in mind that we will be facing a situation that is extremely complex. There exists a methodological problem, originating in the past, which caused various misunders.
"The material under study comes from direct sources such as inscriptions on stone, clay and metalwork."--Preface p. [xi]
Before starting reading Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy, we should keep in mind that we will be facing a situation that is extremely complex. There exists a methodological problem, originating in the past, which caused various misunders.
"Taking a wide selection of Greek funerary epigrams from the 6th to 4th centuries BC, this volume considers their historical and chronological contexts to draw out information about the society that created them. A thematic structure within a broader chronological framework prov…