Honorific Culture at Delphi in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Dominika Grzesik, Ph.D. (2015), is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at the University of Wrocław, educated in Wrocław (University of Wrocław) and Liverpool (University of Liverpool). She has published extensively on epigraphy of ancient Delphi. Her recent paper The epigraphic curve at Delphi is a part of the epigraphic project Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity (Routledge, 2020).

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures, Tables, Maps and PhotosAbbreviationsPractical NotesIntroduction0.1 Scholarship on Greek Euergetism and Honorific Culture0.2 Methodological Framework0.3 The Structure of the Book1 The Epigraphy of Honours: Epigraphic Habit and Honorific Culture at Delphi1.1 Categories of Inscriptions1.2 The Epigraphic Curve at Delphi and the Spread of Honorific Culture1.3 The End of the Epigraphic Habit and Honorific Culture at Delphi1.4 Conclusion2 The Rhythms and Trends in Gift-Giving at Delphi2.1 Types, Value and the Hierarchy of Honours2.2 The Economy of Honours2.3 Gifts for Citizens and Non-citizens2.4 Conclusion3 The Delphic Proxeny Network3.1 The Delphic Proxenia and Regional Interactions3.2 The Citizens of Delphi as Proxenoi of Other Cities and States3.3 Conclusion4 Honorific Communities: the Recipients of Gifts at Delphi4.1 Delphi and Its Interstate Network System: Honorands from Neighbouring and More Distant Zones4.2 Delphi and Its Wide Network System4.3 The Female Honorands4.4 Conclusion5 The Language of Honours5.1 The Formulae of Delphic Honorific Decrees and the Phenomenon of Delphic Abbreviated Decrees5.2 Tituli Honorarii5.3 Conclusion6 The Topography of Honours6.1 The Landscape of Epigraphy – the Location of Delphic Decrees6.2 The Monumentalisation of Delphi – the Honorific Statuescape of Delphi6.3 The Connection between Space and Power6.4 ConclusionEpilogue: Post-classical DelphiAppendicesAppendix 1: An Overview of Delphic HistoryAppendix 2: Delphic Citizens Attested as Proxenoi of Other Cities and StatesAppendix 3: The Network of Delphic HonorandsNo. 1. A Narrow Network (Central Greece, Attica and the Peloponnese)No. 2. A Network with More Distant Regions (Macedonia, Epirus, the Aegean Islands and the West Coast of Asia Minor)No. 3. A Wide Network (the Propontic Areas, the Hellespont, the Black Sea Region, the South Coast of Asia Minor, Syria, Cyprus, Egypt and Magna Graecia)Appendix 4: Roman Emperors and Family Members Praised at Delphi by Citizens of Delphi and the AmphictyonyAppendix 5: Proposers of MotionsBibliographyIndex of SourcesIndex of Greek TermsIndex of PlacesGeneral Index