Philotimia, literally “love of honor,” was listed, in the fourth century bce, among Athenian “civic virtues,” recognized by the polis in honorary decrees, and considered a positive model for social and political conduct, mainly in relation to public offices (archai) and liturgies. A “system of honors” emerged ca. 350 bce, and established a pattern of relations between the wealthy and the political community, continued and reinforced in Hellenistic times, when the king (basileus) appears as the main benefactor of the polis. Philotimia was, on the other hand, an ambivalent and controversial concept, owing to the potential risk of excess in striving for honors and in ostentatious spending to obtain them.
Ferrucci, S. (2016). Philotimia, 1-3 [10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30221].
Philotimia
Ferrucci, Stefano
2016-01-01
Abstract
Philotimia, literally “love of honor,” was listed, in the fourth century bce, among Athenian “civic virtues,” recognized by the polis in honorary decrees, and considered a positive model for social and political conduct, mainly in relation to public offices (archai) and liturgies. A “system of honors” emerged ca. 350 bce, and established a pattern of relations between the wealthy and the political community, continued and reinforced in Hellenistic times, when the king (basileus) appears as the main benefactor of the polis. Philotimia was, on the other hand, an ambivalent and controversial concept, owing to the potential risk of excess in striving for honors and in ostentatious spending to obtain them.
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