Drawing Lots
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Drawing Lots
From Egalitarianism to Democracy in Ancient Greece
Malkin, Irad; Blok, Josine
Oxford University Press Inc
08/2024
536
Dura
Inglês
9780197753477
15 a 20 dias
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List of abbreviations
Preface
Introduction Greeks drawing lots: the practice and the mindset of egalitarianism
Part I The lottery mindset: religion and society
1. Lotteries divine and human: the world of the Homeric epics
2. When does the lot reflect the will of the gods? Lots, oracles, divination, and the notion of moira
3. Sacrifice and feast: social values and the distribution of meat by lot
Part II Equal and fair: inheritance, colonization, and mixture
4. Partible Inheritance by lot
5. Drawing lots on the Athenian stage
6. Founding cities and sharing in the polis: equality, allotment, and civic mixture
Part III Drawing lots in polis governance
7. Setting the stage
8. Drawing lots for polis office
9. Drawing lots for governance: a political innovation
Part IV Conclusions
10. Conclusions and implications
11. Drawing lots today: fair distribution and a stronger democracy
Appendix A Lexicographical survey: lottery practices in the archaic and classical periods
Bibliography
Index
Index locorum
Preface
Introduction Greeks drawing lots: the practice and the mindset of egalitarianism
Part I The lottery mindset: religion and society
1. Lotteries divine and human: the world of the Homeric epics
2. When does the lot reflect the will of the gods? Lots, oracles, divination, and the notion of moira
3. Sacrifice and feast: social values and the distribution of meat by lot
Part II Equal and fair: inheritance, colonization, and mixture
4. Partible Inheritance by lot
5. Drawing lots on the Athenian stage
6. Founding cities and sharing in the polis: equality, allotment, and civic mixture
Part III Drawing lots in polis governance
7. Setting the stage
8. Drawing lots for polis office
9. Drawing lots for governance: a political innovation
Part IV Conclusions
10. Conclusions and implications
11. Drawing lots today: fair distribution and a stronger democracy
Appendix A Lexicographical survey: lottery practices in the archaic and classical periods
Bibliography
Index
Index locorum
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List of abbreviations
Preface
Introduction Greeks drawing lots: the practice and the mindset of egalitarianism
Part I The lottery mindset: religion and society
1. Lotteries divine and human: the world of the Homeric epics
2. When does the lot reflect the will of the gods? Lots, oracles, divination, and the notion of moira
3. Sacrifice and feast: social values and the distribution of meat by lot
Part II Equal and fair: inheritance, colonization, and mixture
4. Partible Inheritance by lot
5. Drawing lots on the Athenian stage
6. Founding cities and sharing in the polis: equality, allotment, and civic mixture
Part III Drawing lots in polis governance
7. Setting the stage
8. Drawing lots for polis office
9. Drawing lots for governance: a political innovation
Part IV Conclusions
10. Conclusions and implications
11. Drawing lots today: fair distribution and a stronger democracy
Appendix A Lexicographical survey: lottery practices in the archaic and classical periods
Bibliography
Index
Index locorum
Preface
Introduction Greeks drawing lots: the practice and the mindset of egalitarianism
Part I The lottery mindset: religion and society
1. Lotteries divine and human: the world of the Homeric epics
2. When does the lot reflect the will of the gods? Lots, oracles, divination, and the notion of moira
3. Sacrifice and feast: social values and the distribution of meat by lot
Part II Equal and fair: inheritance, colonization, and mixture
4. Partible Inheritance by lot
5. Drawing lots on the Athenian stage
6. Founding cities and sharing in the polis: equality, allotment, and civic mixture
Part III Drawing lots in polis governance
7. Setting the stage
8. Drawing lots for polis office
9. Drawing lots for governance: a political innovation
Part IV Conclusions
10. Conclusions and implications
11. Drawing lots today: fair distribution and a stronger democracy
Appendix A Lexicographical survey: lottery practices in the archaic and classical periods
Bibliography
Index
Index locorum
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