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By Takeshi Amemiya

ISBN-10: 0203799313

ISBN-13: 9780203799314

ISBN-10: 0415701546

ISBN-13: 9780415701549

Addressing the shortage of literature that has been written in this key point of financial historical past, Takeshi Amemiya, a well-known top economist established at Stanford collage, analyzes the 2 diametrically adversarial perspectives in regards to the designated nature of the traditional Greek economic system, placing jointly a huge and entire survey that's extraordinary during this field.

Partly a bit of monetary historical past, in part a critique of utilitarianism, this publication explores all parts of the Athenian economic climate, together with public finance, banking and production and exchange in addition to discussing the historic, cultural, political and sociological stipulations of historical Greece and the history within which the economic system developed.

 

As a instructor of an undergraduate path at the economic system and Economics of historic Greece, Takeshi Amemiya has written an incisive textual content that's excellent for undergraduate scholars of financial heritage, Greek historical past and tradition in addition to a being an invaluable reference aspect for graduates and of substantial curiosity to classicists at any point.

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In Lysias’ speech Against Diogeiton, Diogeiton married his daughter to his brother Diodotos. Two sons and a daughter were born, but Diodotos was killed in a battle. Then Diogeiton usurped most of the family property and did not give a proper share to the children of Diodotos even after they became adults. Thus, Diodotos’ daughter’s husband sued Diogeiton. Before the case went to court, Diogeiton’s daughter (she herself could not sue because of an Athenian law which prohibited suing by women) summoned her family and relatives including Diogeiton and admonished her own father in a stately manner.

In Xenophon’s Oikonomikos (IX. ” In the funeral speech of 431, Pericles advises women that it is best for them not to be talked about for good or bad (Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, II. 35). There are many passages in Thucydides which are derogatory of women, while Herodotos is more open-minded. Aristotle says women have imperfect 26 Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece reasoning power (Politics, 1260A10). Plato would include some women among the guardians of his ideal republic, but he has several derogatory remarks about women in Laws.

There are, however, some differences between Greek and Japanese gods: (1) Greek gods have more colorful personalities. (2) Gods and goddesses representing abstract concepts are more abundant in Greece. (3) Gods representing artificial objects exist only in Japan. In addition to temples, each household had a shrine at the hestia (hearth) where specific gods were worshiped. It was the duty of the head of the household to offer food and drink to the gods before each meal. The hearth was sacred; Euphiletos in Lysias, On the Murder of Eratosthenes, implies that he would not have killed Eratosthenes if he had taken refuge at the hearth (see 14 Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece 3 4 below).

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