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1 online resource (398 pages)
ISBN:
9781433704154
Serie:
Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity Ser.
Inhalt:
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Slavery and Freedom: Definitions and Approaches -- 1.1 Some Modern Definitions -- 1.2 Ancient Definitions -- 1.3 Philia, Reciprocity, and Exchange -- 1.4 Vertical Relations and Philia -- 1.5 Philia, Slavery and Manumission -- Chapter 2: Manumission: Diversity and Similarity -- 2.1 The Evidence -- 2.2 Modes of Manumissions -- 2.3 Terminology -- 2.3.1 apeleutheros and apeleutheroun -- 2.3.2 exeleutheros and exeleutheroun -- 2.4 General Features -- Chapter 3: Manumittors and Manumitted Slaves -- 3.1 Manumittors -- 3.2 Manumitted Slaves -- Chapter 4: The Act of Manumission -- 4.1 Procedures -- 4.2 Conditions -- 4.2.1 The Purchase of Freedom -- 4.2.2 Deferred Manumission -- 4.3 The Prostates -- 4.4 The Marks of Freedom -- Chapter 5: Laws and Legal Actions -- 5.1 The Dike Apostasiou -- 5.2 The Aphairesis eis Eleutherian Procedure -- 5.3 'Laws on Manumitted Slaves' -- Chapter 6: The Reality of Freedom -- 6.1 Obligations and Rights -- 6.2 Social Position -- Conclusions -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- General Index.
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ISBN 9789004145856
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004145856
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Print version Not Wholly Free : The Concept of Manumission and the Status of Manumitted Slaves in the Ancient Greek World
Sprache:
Englisch
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