Edward E Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3623976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward E Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward E |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Servile Affluence at Rome
Athenian Prostitution as a Liberal Profession
Aphroditê’s Workers in Democratic Athens
Athenian attitudes to prostitution were bifurcated. Traditional aristocratic ethics idealized leisurely dedication to cultural and social activities and condemned all commerce as inherently servile. Prostitution was not untouched by this antagonism, and Greek sources reflect numerous negative allusions toward prostitutes and prostitution (and toward many other business activities). Yet ancient sources also adumbrate another view in which prostitu…
Athenian Prostitution
This is a study that examines the sale of sex in classical Athens from a commercial (rather than from a cultural or moral) perspective. As a mercantile activity, however, prostitution was not untouched by elite Athenian antagonism toward business; as the "business of sex," prostitution further evoked negativity from segments of Greek opinion uncomfortable with any form of carnality. Yet ancient sources also adumbrate another view, in which the sa…
Elasticity of the Money Supply at Athens
This chapter shows that the money supply in 4th-century Athens was in fact strikingly elastic, since it could be, and was, substantially increased through the provision of credit by merchants and through the banks' creation of non-coin money via deposit accounts and other mechanisms. Topics discussed include the conceptualization of ‘money’ and ‘money supply’, generation of debt-related credit money through sales transactions, and generation of b…
Money, Labour and Land
The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage as these different starting points produce clashing views on the significance and distribution of money, labour and land. Money, Labour and Land reflect…
The High Cost of Andreia at Athens
This volume examines issues of courage and manliness in the ancient world. Taking the Greek concept of Andreia as its starting-point, it sheds new light on the contruction of cultural identity, and the use of value terms in that process
A New Balance Sheet for the Ancient Economy
Athenian Economy and Society
In this ground-breaking analysis of the world's first private banks, Edward Cohen convincingly demonstrates the existence and functioning of a market economy in ancient Athens while revising our understanding of the society itself. Challenging the primitivistic view, in which bankers are merely pawnbrokers and money-changers, Cohen reveals that fourth-century Athenian bankers pursued sophisticated transactions. Special emphasis is placed on the r…
Athenian Economy and Society
Commercial Lending by Athenian Banks
Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts
Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts
Journal Article Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts Get access Cohen Edward E., Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press, 1973. xii, 233 pp. $9.00. Ronald S. Stroud Ronald S. Stroud Professor Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 1975, Pages 68–72, http…
Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts
Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts
Journal Article Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts Get access Cohen Edward E., Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press, 1973. xii, 233 pp. $9.00. Ronald S. Stroud Ronald S. Stroud Professor Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 1975, Pages 68–72, http…
Commercial Lending by Athenian Banks
Athenian Economy and Society
In this ground-breaking analysis of the world's first private banks, Edward Cohen convincingly demonstrates the existence and functioning of a market economy in ancient Athens while revising our understanding of the society itself. Challenging the primitivistic view, in which bankers are merely pawnbrokers and money-changers, Cohen reveals that fourth-century Athenian bankers pursued sophisticated transactions. Special emphasis is placed on the r…
Athenian Economy and Society
A New Balance Sheet for the Ancient Economy
The High Cost of Andreia at Athens
This volume examines issues of courage and manliness in the ancient world. Taking the Greek concept of Andreia as its starting-point, it sheds new light on the contruction of cultural identity, and the use of value terms in that process
Money, Labour and Land
The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage as these different starting points produce clashing views on the significance and distribution of money, labour and land. Money, Labour and Land reflect…
Elasticity of the Money Supply at Athens
This chapter shows that the money supply in 4th-century Athens was in fact strikingly elastic, since it could be, and was, substantially increased through the provision of credit by merchants and through the banks' creation of non-coin money via deposit accounts and other mechanisms. Topics discussed include the conceptualization of ‘money’ and ‘money supply’, generation of debt-related credit money through sales transactions, and generation of b…
Athenian Prostitution
This is a study that examines the sale of sex in classical Athens from a commercial (rather than from a cultural or moral) perspective. As a mercantile activity, however, prostitution was not untouched by elite Athenian antagonism toward business; as the "business of sex," prostitution further evoked negativity from segments of Greek opinion uncomfortable with any form of carnality. Yet ancient sources also adumbrate another view, in which the sa…
Aphroditê’s Workers in Democratic Athens
Athenian attitudes to prostitution were bifurcated. Traditional aristocratic ethics idealized leisurely dedication to cultural and social activities and condemned all commerce as inherently servile. Prostitution was not untouched by this antagonism, and Greek sources reflect numerous negative allusions toward prostitutes and prostitution (and toward many other business activities). Yet ancient sources also adumbrate another view in which prostitu…
Athenian Prostitution as a Liberal Profession
Servile Affluence at Rome
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