2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on International Relationships between Elites in the Eastern Mediterranean World
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22720281
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kobe University (2012)
The University of Tokyo (2010-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Noboru 神戸大学, 大学院・人文学研究科, 准教授 (50548667)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 古代ギリシア / 碑文 / 外交・アテーナイ / 東地中海 / エリート / ネットワーク / 社会変動 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research aims to investigate the significance of international friendships, especially xenia and proxenia, in the eastern Mediterranean World from the 5th to 3rd century BC. I have pointed out, first of all, that personal international friendships were valuable and hereditary as a form of political capital within democratic Athens, as elsewhere in the Greek world and beyond. Secondly, while personal connections with foreign states and leaders were theoretically hereditary, they were in practice not exclusive to a limited number of established political families but open to newcomers. Athens under democracy had a high degree of social mobility also in this sphere.
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