Analyses elite public generosity as a structural feature of the polis throughout all periods of ancient Greek history.

Historians generally study elite public gift-giving in ancient Greek cities as a phenomenon that gained prominence only in the Hellenistic and Roman imperial pe

This volume presents for the first time an in-depth analysis of the origins of Greek euergetism. Derived from the Greek for 'benefactor', 'euergetism' refers to

This is the first comprehensive sourcebook in English concentrating entirely on the Hellenistic age.

In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history.