Ben Akrigg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1428566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Akrigg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Akrigg |
| SIGNATURE | BEN AKRIGG |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Routledge Handbook of Classics, Colonialism, and Postcolonial Theory
Population
In this chapter, I emphasise and try to explain the importance of historical demography for economic history, but also its relative neglect by ancient historians until very recently. Demography involves a range of quantitative measures that are useful both as proxies for economic performance and in comparison. Population sizes and trends also have explanatory power for past economic changes. Some general points about the relationship between popu…
Population and Economy in Classical Athens
This is the first comprehensive account of the population of classical Athens for almost a century. The methodology of earlier scholars has been criticised in general terms but their conclusions have not been seriously challenged. Ben Akrigg reviews and assesses those methodologies and conclusions for the first time and thereby sets the historical demography of Athens on a firm footing. The main focus is on the economic impact of that demography,…
Metics in Athens
This chapter provides a re-assessment of the metics in fifth- and fourth-century Athens. It has often been assumed that metics were principally economic migrants. While this is not in itself necessarily wrong or even implausible (at least some metics surely did fall into this category), neither the basis for, nor all the consequences of, that assumption have been fully considered. It can no longer be accepted that Athenian citizens largely restri…
Men of Bronze
172 PHOENIX collective experiences. Second, they should be acknowledged as significant factors in the making of Athenian policy, and not explained away as mere propagandist cover-up for the pursuit of power and expediency, as frequently seen in the so-called “Realist” approach to Greek history. Steinbock is definitely at his best in outlining the impact of social memory on Athenian politics and public discourse. When it comes, however, to explori…
Aristophanes, slaves and history
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Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama
How did audiences of ancient Greek comedy react to the spectacle of masters and slaves? If they were expected to laugh at a slave threatened with a beating by his master at one moment but laugh with him when they bantered familiarly at the next, what does this tell us about ancient Greek slavery? This volume presents ten essays by leading specialists in ancient Greek literature, culture and history, exploring the changing roles and representation…
Demography and classical Athens
Should we care about the size of the population of classical Athens? And if so, why? To what extent can we quantify it, and how best should we attempt such quantification? In this chapter I consider both some influential answers to those questions that have been provided by ancient historians in the past, and some reasons for questioning and rethinking those answers. Most fundamentally: should we care? Some historians at least would answer quite …
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles by Loren J. Samons II
178 PHOENIX La troisième partie du volume se concentre autour d'Apulée. Sous un titre brillant,« Qui sait quoi ? », Romain Brethes compare la connaissance de la situation dans le roman de Chariton avec les Métamorphoses d'Apulée, montrant le rôle parallèle d'Aphrodite et Isis dans l'illumination et le clair-obscur des deux dénouements. Stavros Frangoulidis compare les Métamorphoses à l'ensemble des « ideal novels » en grec. Les plaisirs sensuels …
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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles by Loren J. Samons II
178 PHOENIX La troisième partie du volume se concentre autour d'Apulée. Sous un titre brillant,« Qui sait quoi ? », Romain Brethes compare la connaissance de la situation dans le roman de Chariton avec les Métamorphoses d'Apulée, montrant le rôle parallèle d'Aphrodite et Isis dans l'illumination et le clair-obscur des deux dénouements. Stavros Frangoulidis compare les Métamorphoses à l'ensemble des « ideal novels » en grec. Les plaisirs sensuels …
Demography and classical Athens
Should we care about the size of the population of classical Athens? And if so, why? To what extent can we quantify it, and how best should we attempt such quantification? In this chapter I consider both some influential answers to those questions that have been provided by ancient historians in the past, and some reasons for questioning and rethinking those answers. Most fundamentally: should we care? Some historians at least would answer quite …
Aristophanes, slaves and history
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama
How did audiences of ancient Greek comedy react to the spectacle of masters and slaves? If they were expected to laugh at a slave threatened with a beating by his master at one moment but laugh with him when they bantered familiarly at the next, what does this tell us about ancient Greek slavery? This volume presents ten essays by leading specialists in ancient Greek literature, culture and history, exploring the changing roles and representation…
Men of Bronze
172 PHOENIX collective experiences. Second, they should be acknowledged as significant factors in the making of Athenian policy, and not explained away as mere propagandist cover-up for the pursuit of power and expediency, as frequently seen in the so-called “Realist” approach to Greek history. Steinbock is definitely at his best in outlining the impact of social memory on Athenian politics and public discourse. When it comes, however, to explori…
Metics in Athens
This chapter provides a re-assessment of the metics in fifth- and fourth-century Athens. It has often been assumed that metics were principally economic migrants. While this is not in itself necessarily wrong or even implausible (at least some metics surely did fall into this category), neither the basis for, nor all the consequences of, that assumption have been fully considered. It can no longer be accepted that Athenian citizens largely restri…
Population and Economy in Classical Athens
This is the first comprehensive account of the population of classical Athens for almost a century. The methodology of earlier scholars has been criticised in general terms but their conclusions have not been seriously challenged. Ben Akrigg reviews and assesses those methodologies and conclusions for the first time and thereby sets the historical demography of Athens on a firm footing. The main focus is on the economic impact of that demography,…
Population
In this chapter, I emphasise and try to explain the importance of historical demography for economic history, but also its relative neglect by ancient historians until very recently. Demography involves a range of quantitative measures that are useful both as proxies for economic performance and in comparison. Population sizes and trends also have explanatory power for past economic changes. Some general points about the relationship between popu…
The Routledge Handbook of Classics, Colonialism, and Postcolonial Theory
Classical Antiquity Studies (8 works) · History (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · Historical and Architectural Studies (2 works)