The gift in antiquity /

• Other Authors: Satlow, Michael L.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Series: Ancient world--comparative histories.
• Subjects: Gifts > History.; Civilization, Ancient.; SOCIAL SCIENCES > Customs & Traditions.; Gifts.; Electronic books.; History.

The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss's notion of gift-giving to the study of antiquity. Covers such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature...