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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE DEBATE OVER THE DEFINITION OF POVERTY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- 2. ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE CONCEPT OF "ACTIVE POVERTY" -- 3. POVERTY IN ATHENIAN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF THE PRESENT STUDY -- 4. TERMINOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE: THE BACKGROUND OF PUBLIC IMAGERY: PERSPECTIVES ON DESTITUTION IN THE ODYSSEY -- 1. THE BEGGAR ODYSSEUS: WHAT A DISGUISE CAN TELL US -- 2. UNDISGUISED BEGGARS: PTÔCHOI PANDÊMIOI AND PTÔCHOI ALÊTAI -- 3. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TRAGIC FATE: WHY IS A PTÔCHOS A PTÔCHOS? -- 4. FINAL REMARKS: FROM THE ODYSSEY TO CLASSICAL DRAMA -- CHAPTER TWO: BEGGARS ON STAGE: ACTING OUT THE IMAGINARY OF POVERTY IN ATHENIAN DRAMA -- 1. PTÔCHOPOIEIN IN EURIPIDES' TRAGEDIES -- 2. VETERANS AS BEGGARS -- 3. POVERTY AND THE GOOD CITIZENS OF THE POLIS: VOICES OF A DEBATE IN EURIPIDES' TRAGEDIES -- 4. GENERALS AND BEGGARS IN THE CITY AT WAR: POLITICAL ARGUMENTS IN ARISTOPHANES' ACHARNIANS -- 5. FINAL REMARKS: DRAMA AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE -- CHAPTER THREE: WAS POVERTY A REAL ISSUE IN FOURTH-CENTURY ATHENS? -- 1. THE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTION -- 2. THE LOSS OF THE EMPIRE AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ECONOMY -- 3. IMPOVERISHMENT OF SMALL FARMERS? -- 4. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR -- 5. POLITICAL STABILITY AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH -- 6. MAJOR INVOLVEMENT OF THE LANDLESS IN POLITICS? -- 7. FINAL REMARKS: WIDESPREAD POVERTY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY? -- CHAPTER FOUR: POVERTY AS AN ARGUMENT IN FOURTH-CENTURY PUBLIC SPEECHES -- 1. FROM POOR TO RICH AND FROM RICH TO POOR: A RECURRING THEME IN PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS AND POLITICAL SPEECHES -- 2. WAR TO ESCAPE POVERTY OR POVERTY AS THE RESULT OF WAR? ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC DISCOURSE.

The twelve studies contained in this volume discuss some key-aspects of citizenship from its emergence in Archaic Greece until the Roman period before AD 212, when Roman citizenship was extended to all the free inhabitants of the Empire. The book explores the processes of formation and re-formation of citizen bodies, the integration of foreigners, the question of multiple-citizenship holders and the political and philosophical thought on ancient citizenship. The aim is that of offering a multidisciplinary approach to the subject, ranging from literature to history and philosophy, as well as encouraging the reader to integrate the traditional institutional and legalistic approach to citizenship with a broader perspective, which encompasses aspects such as identity formation, performative aspect and discourse of citizenship

"This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups were affected by the lack of access to symbolic, cultural and social - as well as economic - capital. Collecting a wide range of studies by an international team of experts, it presents a diverse and complex analysis of life in antiquity, from the archaic to the late antique period. The sections on Greece, Rome, and Late Antiquity offer in-depth studies of ancient life, integrating analysis of socio-economic dynamics and cultural and discursive strategies that shaped this crucial element of ancient (and modern) societies. Themes like social cohesion and control, exclusion, gender, agency, and identity are explored through the combination of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence, presenting a rich panorama of Greco-Roman societies and a stimulating collection of new approaches and methodologies for their understanding. The book offers a comprehensive view of the ancient world, analysing different social groups - from wealthy elites to poor peasants and the destitute - and their interactions, in contexts as diverse as Classical Athens and Sparta, imperial Rome, and the late antique towns of Egypt and North Africa. Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome: Discourses and Realities is a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient history, classical literature, and archaeology. In addition, topics covered in the book are of interest to social scientists, scholars of religion, and historians working on poverty and social history in other periods"--