The Athenian Ephebeia in the Fourth Century BCE [e-book] / John L. Friend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friend, John L., author.

Series:

Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 13.

Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy; v.13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Athens (Greece)--Intellectual life.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 309 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

Based on the comprehensive study of the epigraphic and literary evidence, this book challenges the almost universally-held assumptions of modern scholarship on the date of origin, the function, and the purpose of the Athenian ephebeia . It offers a detailed reconstruction of the institution, which in the fourth century BCE was a state-organized and -funded system of mandatory national service for ephebes, citizens in their nineteenth and twentieth years, consisting of garrison duty, military training, and civic education. It concludes that the contribution of the ephebeia was vital for the security of Attica and that the ephebes’ non-military activities were moulded by social, economic, and religious influences which reflect the preoccupations of Lycurgus’ administration in the 330s and 320s BCE.

Contents:

An Aeschinean ephebeia?

The creation of the ephebeia

The defenders of Athens

Ephebes and the ephebeia

Educating ephebes

Epilogue: After Lycurgus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-40205-5

OCLC:

1096236758

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004402058 DOI