Democracy and Reciprocity: A Reconsideration of the Age of Lycurgus in Athens

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520831
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Kurihara Asako 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (00289125)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Moroo Akiko 千葉商科大学, 商経学部, 教授 (10296329)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アテナイ / ギリシア / 政治文化 / 互酬性 / ヘレニズム / 法廷弁論 / リュクルゴス / 国際共同研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Athens in transition from the Classical Age to the Hellenistic Age has been regarded as a significant turning point in view of the political independence. This research aimed at reconsidering the transition from socio-political point of views, taking into account the continuity as well. Especially, focusing on the concept of reciprocity, Kurihara argued that the reciprocity played a fundamental role in the political thought of Lycurgus, one of the leading statesmen of the era. Together with other participants, the reconsideration of the Lycurgan age developed into an international project, first, to held a workshop in Kyoto in March, 2014, then , to publish a volume in corporation with scholars in U.S. and U.K, covering the economic, cultural, historiographical, and political context of the age of transition.

Free Research Field

古代ギリシア社会史