A Family of Marathon and Social Mobility in Athens of the First Century B. C

Bibliographic Data

ID3938183
AuthorsDaniel J Geagan (corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume46
Issue1
Pages29
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhoenix (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1088772
OpenAlexW2317205600
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Two STATUE BASES FROM THE EXCAVATIONS in the Athenian Agora cite members of a family of Marathon of the first century before Christ which used the names Zenon and Pammenes regularly.1 Previous attempts to sketch the stemma of the family have not been completely satisfactory. J. Sundwall2 in his basic study confused the various branches of the family. A number of more recent works by A. Wilhelm, B. D. Meritt, and J. H. Oliver3 have added new material or re-edited or improved the texts which are already known. Although the family fills the criteria described by Christian Habicht (178-179) for membership among Fiihrende Familien, its growth to elite status and its rise through lesser elites into the governing elite4 can be documented. Before the stemma of the family and a description of its

Geography · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Demography · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History

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