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Document Details : Title: Associations and Patronage in Ancient Athens Author(s): ARNAOUTOGLOU, I. Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 25 Date: 1994 Pages: 5-17 DOI: 10.2143/AS.25.0.2005839 Abstract : Interpersonal relations in ancient Athenian society were constructed either on the basis of kinship (real or fictitious) or on the basis of friendships. The history of archaic Athens, about which some scholars use terms implying patronage, is largely the attempt to shake off the burden of the nobility’s monopoly on land and political power. However, classical Athenian society seems to be free of clientelism. The reconstruction of the realities of Athenian society, from which any reference to or hint of clientelism is missing, is largely patterned on the realities of the West European social ideals. In this ideological context, the archetype of democracy could not have been considered in clientelistic terms. |
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