Numbers and Numeracy in the Greek Polis - Couverture rigide

 
9789004467217: Numbers and Numeracy in the Greek Polis

Synopsis

This is a wide-ranging study of numbers as a social and cultural phenomenon in ancient Greece, revealing both the instrumentality of numbers to polis life and the complex cultural meanings inherent in their use.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert Sing received his Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cambridge and is an independent researcher. He has published on the Demosthenic corpus and the Athenian system of pay for political participation. Tazuko Angela van Berkel is a University Lecturer in Classics at Leiden University. She has published on Protagoras, Xenophon, friendship, ancient economic reflection and the rhetoric of numbers. Her 2020 monograph The Economics of Friendship was published by Brill. Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King’s College. He has published widely in Greek history, archaeology and art history. Contributors are Tazuko Angela van Berkel, Josine Blok, Florin George Calian, Steve Johnstone, Lisa Kallet, Eunsoo Lee, Robin Osborne, Catherine Rubincam, Daniel Mahendra Jan Sicka, Robert Sing.

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