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Chapter 3 - Regulations on Absence and Obligatory Participation in Ancient Associations

By
Benedikt Eckhardt
Edited by
Vincent Gabrielsen  and
Mario C. D. Paganini
Vincent Gabrielsen
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
Mario C. D. Paganini
Affiliation:
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
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One of the most often repeated facts about ancient associations seems to be that they were imitating the state. Even a cursory reading of scholarly literature reveals a number of concise definitions. Associations were ‘cités en miniature’, ‘mirror-images of the city on an organizational level’, they ‘posed as little republic[s]’ – the list could be continued.1 And the main insight is of course correct. The designations for officials, the delineation of sacred space, the formulae of honorific decrees, voting procedures – all these elements were regularly taken over by associations from the model provided by their respective cities.

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Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World , pp. 63 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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