Our Beloved Polites: Studies presented to P.J. Rhodes

Edited by Delfim Leão Edited by Daniela Ferreira Edited by Nuno Simões Rodrigues Edited by Rui Morais

Book cover: Our Beloved Polites: Studies presented to P.J. Rhodes

Extent: 394 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Classical Studies, Law, Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2022)

ISBN: 9781803271705

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $78.00

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Twenty-eight contributions pay tribute to one of the most remarkable historians of ancient Greece, Professor P. J. Rhodes, to celebrate his life and work which has been and will continue to be a major reference for scholars around the world. The volume is organised in four sections: History and Biography, Law, Politics, and Epigraphy


Our Beloved Polites assembles a large number of studies presented in honour of one of the most remarkable historians of ancient Greece, Professor P. J. Rhodes, to celebrate his life and the splendidly scholarly work which has been and will continue to be a major reference for scholars around the world. The volume starts with an appreciation of the honorand by John Davies, followed by twenty-eight contributions from junior and established scholars, organised in four sections that map closely onto four prominent areas of P. J. Rhodes’ research into ancient Greece: History and Biography, Law, Politics, and Epigraphy.

A Tribute to P. J. Rhodes: An Overview - Delfim Leao, Daniela Ferreira, Nuno Simoes Rodrigues, Rui Morais PJR: An Appreciation - John Davies Part I - History and Biography The Controversy Between Herodotus and Hecataeus: History and Competition in the Histories 2.143. - Denis Correa Thucydides on Athens' Goals in Sicily, 427-424 and 415-412 BC - Robert W. Wallace Reading Thucydides' Mythological Stories: Alcmaeon in The Peloponnesian War - Amanda Ledesma Pascal Ionians in the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia: The Battle of Ephesus (Hell. Oxy. 1-3) - Antonis Tsakmakis Lycurgus' Biography and Constitution in Ephorus' Fragments - Martina Gatto,

A Tribute to P. J. Rhodes: An Overview – Delfim Leão, Daniela Ferreira, Nuno Simões Rodrigues, Rui Morais PJR: An Appreciation – John Davies Part I - History and Biography The Controversy Between Herodotus and Hecataeus: History and Competition in the Histories 2.143. – Denis Correa Thucydides on Athens’ Goals in Sicily, 427-424 and 415-412 BC – Robert W. Wallace Reading Thucydides’ Mythological Stories: Alcmaeon in The Peloponnesian War Amanda Ledesma Pascal † Ionians in the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia: The Battle of Ephesus (Hell. Oxy. 1-3) – Antonis Tsakmakis Lycurgus’ Biography and Constitution in Ephorus’ Fragments – Martina Gatto The Sacred Band of Thebes and Alcibiades’ Exemplum (Plutarch, Pel. 18-19 and Alc. 7.3-6) – Nuno Simões Rodrigues Sailing Directions. Echoes of Ancient Nautical Knowledge in the Periplous of Ps.-Skylax – Chiara Maria Mauro Heraclides’ Epitome of the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia Gertjan Verhasselt A bastard Pharaoh: Why Ptolemy XII Auletes was not the Son of a Ptolemaic Princess – Antony Keen Part II - Law Aristophanes on Solon and His Laws – Delfim Leão Legal Theory, Sophistic Antilogy: Antiphon’s Tetralogies Davide Napoli Demosthenes, Against Aristogeiton. Νόμοϲ and Φύϲιϲ in 4th Century BC Athens – Lorenzo Sardone The Search for Consistency in Legal Narratives: The Case of the ‘Good Lawgiver’ – Ália Rodrigues Adoption and the Oikos Eremos in Ancient Athens: Public and Private Interests – Brenda Griffith-Williams The Semantic Overlap of Ἀδικία and Ἀσέβεια in the Amphiareion at Oropos –

Aikaterini-Iliana Rassia

Sacred Laws (hieroi nomoi) and Legal Categories in Hellenistic Crete – Michael Gagarin The Phrase καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης in Greek and Hellenistic Documents – Gerhard Thür Part III - Politics The Literary Sources for Athenian Prosopography – John Davies The Oligarchic Ideal in Ancient Greece – Roger Brock The Greek Polis and the Tyrant in the Archaic Age: Some Trends in the Relationship Between the Emergence of Tyranny and the Evolution of Political Community – Aitor Luz Villafranca A Tale of Two Cities: Studies in Greek Border Politics – Lynette Mitchell Empedocles Democraticus? – Carlo Santaniello From Chremonides to Chaeronea: Demosthenes’ Influence in Later Athens – Ian Worthington Part IV - Epigraphy Epigraphy’s Very Own History – Robin Osborne The Lost Dedicatory Inscription of the Serpent Column at Delphi – András Patay-Horváth Something to Do with Epigraphy? The ‘Aegeus Episode’ in Euripides’ Medea and the Honorific Dimension of Athenian Tragedy – Andrea Giannotti Eὐθυνῶ τὴν ἀρχὴν: Euthynai in the Sacrificial Calendar of Thorikos – Kazuhiro Takeuchi Philip’s (Serious) Joke: [ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ] ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ 12.14 – Adele C. Scafuro Index

  • Edited by Delfim Leão
  • Edited by Daniela Ferreira
  • Edited by Nuno Simões Rodrigues
  • Edited by Rui Morais

'Contrary to what is sometimes excessively used in tribute works, the collection of contributions in this volume was very well directed thematically and the resulting articles are, for the most part, innovative and relevant in the field of documentary heuristics covered.' – Martim Aires Horta (2023): Cadmo – Revista de História Antiga

‘The volume is produced to a high standard. … The substance and quality of each contribution is consistently high. This collection of essays is a fitting tribute to its honorand and a fascinating cross-section of work currently being undertaken by Greek historians and epigraphers across the discipline’s various sub-fields.’ Thomas Clements (2025): The Classical Review