While previous research has focused on the public discourse of wealth, little attention has thus far been paid to the perception of poverty and attitudes toward

This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups

This volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore the experiences of subordinates and the nature of their subordination in ancient Greec

Focusing on extant speeches from the Athenian Assembly, law, and Council in the fifth–fourth centuries BCE, these essays explore how speakers constructed or d

This volume focuses on the representation of the recent past in classical Athenian oratory and investigates the ability of the orators to interpret it according