Matthew R Christ

• Xenophon, Thucydides, and Pericles

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Classical Philology•2026

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  In his Memorabilia (3.5), Xenophon presents an extended conversation between Socrates and Pericles the Younger, who has just been elected general, on the topic of how best to carry out his generalship. How we interpret this exchange has important implications for our understanding of Xenophon’s view of Pericles and his more famous father of the same name, Socrates, and Athens. This article advances a reading of the episode that emphasizes Xenopho…

• Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•BOOK•Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy•2020•Referências: 90

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  This book seeks to understand Xenophon as an elite Athenian writing largely for an elite Athenian audience in the first half of the fourth century BC. It argues that Xenophon calls on men of his own class to set aside their assumptions of superiority based on birth or wealth and to reinvent themselves as individuals who can provide effective leadership to the democratic city and serve it as good citizens. Xenophon challenges, criticizes, and some…

• Conscription of Cavalrymen in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ, Matthew Christ et al.•ARTICLE•Phoenix•2019

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  While Athens' arrangements for conscripting hoplites have received considerable scholarly attention, the details of the city's system for conscripting cavalrymen have been somewhat neglected. This paper seeks to fill this gap by reconstructing how Athens conscripted cavalrymen, and considering what led the city to modify its arrangements over time

• Demosthenes on Philanthrōpia as a Democratic Virtue

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Classical Philology•2013•Citada por: 3•Referências: 12

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• The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ, Matthew Christ•BOOK•Limits of Altruism in Democratic…•2012

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  Athenians in the classical period (508–322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people who rushed to the aid of others in distress, both at home and abroad. What relation does this image bear to actual Athenian behavior? This book argues that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens whom they did not know. Democratic ideology called on citizens to refrain from harming one another ra…

• Helping and Community in the Athenian Lawcourts

  Matthew R Christ•CHAPTER•Valuing Others in Classical…•2010

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• Helping Behavior in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Phoenix•2010

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  This paper explores the extent of helping behavior in classical Athens, and argues that helping was largely limited to relatives and friends and did not extend very much to fellow citizens outside this intimate circle. This has important implications for our understanding of democratic citizenship and the responsibilities that it carried. Cet article étudie l'ampleur du comportement d'entraide à Athènes à l'époque classique et suggère que l'entra…

• The Evolution of the Eisphora in Classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2007•Citada por: 20•Referências: 7

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• Draft evasion onstage and offstage in classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2004•Citada por: 18

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• Conscription of Hoplites in Classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2001•Citada por: 8•Referências: 5

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• The Litigious Athenian

  Craig Cooper, C H Thompson Cooper et al.•ARTICLE•Phoenix•2001

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• Disputes and Democracy

  W Jeffrey Tatum, Steven Johnstone et al.•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•2000•Citada por: 5

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• The Litigious Athenian

  David C Mirhady, Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical World•2000

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• The Litigious Athenian

  Michael Gagarin, Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•American Journal of Legal History•1999

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  Journal Article The Litigious Athenian Get access Christ Matthew R., The Litigious Athenian. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. xi, 317pp. $39.95. Michael Gagarin Michael Gagarin The University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 43, Issue 3, July 1999, Pages 332–333, https://doi.org/10.2307/846163 Published: 01 July 1999

• Legal Self–Help on Private Property in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The American Journal of Philology•1998•Citada por: 3•Referências: 24

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  Legal Self–Help on Private Property in Classical Athens Matthew R. Christ A remarkable feature of litigation in classical Athens was the high degree of responsibility private citizens bore for initiating, conducting, and executing the judgments of legal actions.1 In the absence of a public prosecutor or an active police force, Athenians engaged in a level of legal self–help that would shock most modern Westerners. While Athenians strongly preferr…

• Love of Glory and the Common Good

  Matthew R Christ, Michael Palmer•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1993

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• Theopompus and Herodotus

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•1993•Citada por: 5•Referências: 6

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  W. R. Connor has argued that Theopompus' critical attacks on almost all the leading figures in Greek history suggest he was writing a ‘history without heroes’. This article will argue that a similar principle applies to Theopompus' attitude towards Herodotus and other earlier historians: all fell short of his ideal, and, in the final analysis, Theopompus had but one literary hero: himself. Theopompus' mysterious Epitome of Herodotus , I will sugg…

• Ostracism, Sycophancy, and Deception of the Demos

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•1992•Citada por: 4•Referências: 4

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  Several features of this compact passage have puzzled scholars ever since the discovery of the Aristotelian Constitution of the Athenians a century ago. First, did the Athenian Assembly really deliberate on all these disparate matters in the chief meeting of the sixth prytany, and if so, why? Second, why did it limit complaints ( probolai ) against sycophants to a total of six divided equally between citizens and metics? Since the answers we give…

• A Commentary on Plutarch's Pericles

  Matthew R Christ, Philip A Stadter•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1991

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  Plutarch's Life of Pericles is one of the outstanding works of ancient biography. Called by some a coward and others a boor, Pericles was a genius as a statesman. He ruled Athens like a monarch between 441 and 430 B.C., a period of great political and intellectual achievement. In the first comprehensive commentary in this century on Plutarch's text, Philip Stadter explores both the literary and historical aspects of this extraordinary work, which…

• Athens

  Matthew R Christ, Ernest Heatley et al.•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1991

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• Orpheus

  Matthew R Christ, Charles Segal•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1991

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• The Cult of Pan in Ancient Greece

  Matthew R Christ, Philippe Borgeaud•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1990

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• The Evolution of the Eisphora in Classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2007•Citada por: 20•Referências: 7

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• Draft evasion onstage and offstage in classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2004•Citada por: 18

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• Conscription of Hoplites in Classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2001•Citada por: 8•Referências: 5

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• Disputes and Democracy

  W Jeffrey Tatum, Steven Johnstone et al.•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•2000•Citada por: 5

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• Theopompus and Herodotus

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•1993•Citada por: 5•Referências: 6

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  W. R. Connor has argued that Theopompus' critical attacks on almost all the leading figures in Greek history suggest he was writing a ‘history without heroes’. This article will argue that a similar principle applies to Theopompus' attitude towards Herodotus and other earlier historians: all fell short of his ideal, and, in the final analysis, Theopompus had but one literary hero: himself. Theopompus' mysterious Epitome of Herodotus , I will sugg…

• Ostracism, Sycophancy, and Deception of the Demos

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•1992•Citada por: 4•Referências: 4

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  Several features of this compact passage have puzzled scholars ever since the discovery of the Aristotelian Constitution of the Athenians a century ago. First, did the Athenian Assembly really deliberate on all these disparate matters in the chief meeting of the sixth prytany, and if so, why? Second, why did it limit complaints ( probolai ) against sycophants to a total of six divided equally between citizens and metics? Since the answers we give…

• Demosthenes on Philanthrōpia as a Democratic Virtue

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Classical Philology•2013•Citada por: 3•Referências: 12

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• Legal Self–Help on Private Property in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The American Journal of Philology•1998•Citada por: 3•Referências: 24

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  Legal Self–Help on Private Property in Classical Athens Matthew R. Christ A remarkable feature of litigation in classical Athens was the high degree of responsibility private citizens bore for initiating, conducting, and executing the judgments of legal actions.1 In the absence of a public prosecutor or an active police force, Athenians engaged in a level of legal self–help that would shock most modern Westerners. While Athenians strongly preferr…

• The Cult of Pan in Ancient Greece

  Matthew R Christ, Philippe Borgeaud•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1990

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• A Commentary on Plutarch's Pericles

  Matthew R Christ, Philip A Stadter•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1991

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  Plutarch's Life of Pericles is one of the outstanding works of ancient biography. Called by some a coward and others a boor, Pericles was a genius as a statesman. He ruled Athens like a monarch between 441 and 430 B.C., a period of great political and intellectual achievement. In the first comprehensive commentary in this century on Plutarch's text, Philip Stadter explores both the literary and historical aspects of this extraordinary work, which…

• Athens

  Matthew R Christ, Ernest Heatley et al.•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1991

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• Orpheus

  Matthew R Christ, Charles Segal•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1991

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• Ostracism, Sycophancy, and Deception of the Demos

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•1992•Citada por: 4•Referências: 4

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  Several features of this compact passage have puzzled scholars ever since the discovery of the Aristotelian Constitution of the Athenians a century ago. First, did the Athenian Assembly really deliberate on all these disparate matters in the chief meeting of the sixth prytany, and if so, why? Second, why did it limit complaints ( probolai ) against sycophants to a total of six divided equally between citizens and metics? Since the answers we give…

• Love of Glory and the Common Good

  Matthew R Christ, Michael Palmer•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1993

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• Theopompus and Herodotus

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•1993•Citada por: 5•Referências: 6

  Incluir item

  W. R. Connor has argued that Theopompus' critical attacks on almost all the leading figures in Greek history suggest he was writing a ‘history without heroes’. This article will argue that a similar principle applies to Theopompus' attitude towards Herodotus and other earlier historians: all fell short of his ideal, and, in the final analysis, Theopompus had but one literary hero: himself. Theopompus' mysterious Epitome of Herodotus , I will sugg…

• Legal Self–Help on Private Property in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The American Journal of Philology•1998•Citada por: 3•Referências: 24

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  Legal Self–Help on Private Property in Classical Athens Matthew R. Christ A remarkable feature of litigation in classical Athens was the high degree of responsibility private citizens bore for initiating, conducting, and executing the judgments of legal actions.1 In the absence of a public prosecutor or an active police force, Athenians engaged in a level of legal self–help that would shock most modern Westerners. While Athenians strongly preferr…

• The Litigious Athenian

  Michael Gagarin, Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•American Journal of Legal History•1999

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  Journal Article The Litigious Athenian Get access Christ Matthew R., The Litigious Athenian. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. xi, 317pp. $39.95. Michael Gagarin Michael Gagarin The University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 43, Issue 3, July 1999, Pages 332–333, https://doi.org/10.2307/846163 Published: 01 July 1999

• Disputes and Democracy

  W Jeffrey Tatum, Steven Johnstone et al.•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•2000•Citada por: 5

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• The Litigious Athenian

  David C Mirhady, Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical World•2000

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• Conscription of Hoplites in Classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2001•Citada por: 8•Referências: 5

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• The Litigious Athenian

  Craig Cooper, C H Thompson Cooper et al.•ARTICLE•Phoenix•2001

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• Draft evasion onstage and offstage in classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2004•Citada por: 18

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  An abstract 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

• The Evolution of the Eisphora in Classical Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•The Classical Quarterly•2007•Citada por: 20•Referências: 7

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  An abstract 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

• Helping and Community in the Athenian Lawcourts

  Matthew R Christ•CHAPTER•Valuing Others in Classical…•2010

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• Helping Behavior in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Phoenix•2010

  Incluir item

  This paper explores the extent of helping behavior in classical Athens, and argues that helping was largely limited to relatives and friends and did not extend very much to fellow citizens outside this intimate circle. This has important implications for our understanding of democratic citizenship and the responsibilities that it carried. Cet article étudie l'ampleur du comportement d'entraide à Athènes à l'époque classique et suggère que l'entra…

• The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ, Matthew Christ•BOOK•Limits of Altruism in Democratic…•2012

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  Athenians in the classical period (508–322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people who rushed to the aid of others in distress, both at home and abroad. What relation does this image bear to actual Athenian behavior? This book argues that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens whom they did not know. Democratic ideology called on citizens to refrain from harming one another ra…

• Demosthenes on Philanthrōpia as a Democratic Virtue

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Classical Philology•2013•Citada por: 3•Referências: 12

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• Conscription of Cavalrymen in Classical Athens

  Matthew R Christ, Matthew Christ et al.•ARTICLE•Phoenix•2019

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  While Athens' arrangements for conscripting hoplites have received considerable scholarly attention, the details of the city's system for conscripting cavalrymen have been somewhat neglected. This paper seeks to fill this gap by reconstructing how Athens conscripted cavalrymen, and considering what led the city to modify its arrangements over time

• Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy

  Open Access•Matthew R Christ•BOOK•Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy•2020•Referências: 90

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  This book seeks to understand Xenophon as an elite Athenian writing largely for an elite Athenian audience in the first half of the fourth century BC. It argues that Xenophon calls on men of his own class to set aside their assumptions of superiority based on birth or wealth and to reinvent themselves as individuals who can provide effective leadership to the democratic city and serve it as good citizens. Xenophon challenges, criticizes, and some…

• Xenophon, Thucydides, and Pericles

  Matthew R Christ•ARTICLE•Classical Philology•2026

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  In his Memorabilia (3.5), Xenophon presents an extended conversation between Socrates and Pericles the Younger, who has just been elected general, on the topic of how best to carry out his generalship. How we interpret this exchange has important implications for our understanding of Xenophon’s view of Pericles and his more famous father of the same name, Socrates, and Athens. This article advances a reading of the episode that emphasizes Xenopho…

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