Parasites of the God : accountants, financiers and traders on Hellenistic Delos / / Véronique Chankowski, former member of the French School at Athens

• Autore: Chankowski Véronique <1971->
• Pubblicazione: École française d’Athènes, 2023
• Soggetto topico: Account books - Greece - Delos Island - History - To 1500; Accountants - Greece - Delos Island - To 1500; Inventories - Greece - Delos Island - History - To 1500; Inscriptions, Greek - Greece - Delos Island; Numismatics, Greek - Greece - Delos Island
• Soggetto geografico: Delos Island (Greece) Commerce History To 1500; Delos Island (Greece) Economic conditions; Delos Island (Greece) Antiquities
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The sanctuary's stewardship records : accounting methods and administrative practices of the hieropoioi -- The establishment of a Delian administration -- The management of space in the organization of Apollo's treasury -- The accounting methods of the hieropoioi -- Conclusion : the purposes of the accounts of the hieropoioi -- ; 2. The sacred fortune : the assets statement -- The growth of the sanctuary's cash fortune -- The precious offerings -- Apollo's fortune as financial power? -- Conclusion : the destiny of the Delian treasure under the second Athenian domination -- ; 3. The composition of the treasuries : analysis of the funds -- The sanctuary's coined income -- Subsidies and allocated funds -- The endowment funds -- The jars -- The public treasury -- Conclusion : public property and sacred property on Delos -- ; 4. Monetary policy and currency collection on Hellenistic Delos -- The hieropoioi as money handlers : monetary recycling in the sacred chest -- Delian coinage -- Changes in weights and measures in the Mediterranean as seen from Delos -- Monetary circulation on Hellenistic Delos -- Conclusion : an ever-changing monetary landscape -- ; 5. The Delian economy : the markets and prices -- The creation of a market -- The characteristics of the Delian market -- The development of the Delian emporion -- The facilities -- Conclusion : from the emporion to the free port.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Freed from Athenian tutelage in 314 BC, at a time of geopolitical changes that marked the beginnings of the Hellenistic period in the Aegean world, Delos gradually consolidated its political and economic independence. During the third and second centuries, the Delian community redefined the central place that the island had continually occupied in the economic, financial and cultural flows of the Mediterranean. This study, mainly based on epigraphic accounting sources, including more than five hundred accounts and engraved inventories that were displayed in the sanctuary of Apollo, but also on numismatic sources and archaeological remains on the seafront, re-considers the question of Delos' place in the Hellenistic economy. Far from being an exception to be excluded from serialized comparisons, the Delian evidence is indicative of Aegean economic circumstances and demonstrates the capacities of the Greek communities to adapt to change in troubled times. Behind the numbers cut in stone appear human communities and societies whose economic activities shed fresh light on the history of this part of the Mediterranean."--
• Titolo autorizzato: Parasites of the God
• ISBN: 2-86958-627-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910842100303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II