Keimelion. Elitenbildung und elitärer Konsum von der mykenischen Palastzeit bis zur homerischen Epoche / The Formation of Elites and Elitist Lifestyles from Mycenaean Palatial Times to the Homeric Period. Akten des internationalen Kongresses vom 3. bis 5.

The topic of the congress anthology Keimelion is the consumer behaviour of the Aegean elite population, including strategies such as conspicuous consumption, through the period of the Mycenaean palace states to the post-palatial period and the new formation of the Greek world in the first millennium B.C. New interpretations of the Homeric epics as well as the numerous archaeological finds of recent years have promoted an increased understanding of the elite population of these periods. Among other things, this group defined itself through conspicuous consumption in order to distinguish itself as elite from the rest of the population and their neighbours. At the same time these elitist strategies were used to secure the following of the common people, and in diplomacy, to display prominence and establish international contacts. "The topic of the papers presented at the congress "Keimelion" are conspicuous consumption and other strategies of the elites in the Aegean from the time of the Mycenaean palace states, from the post-palatial period and the time of the new formation of the Greek world in the first millenium BC. New interpretations of hte Homeric epics and of the numerous archaeological finds, which have come to light in recent years, will promote the understanding of the elites of these periods. These elites defined themselves through e.g. conspicuous consumption, and thus distinguished themselves as elites from the rest of the population and of their neighbors. At the same time these elitist strategies were used to secure the following of the common people, and in diplomacy to promote their own high status and to establish international contacts."--Jacket verlag.oeaw.ac.at/produkt/keimelion/99200654?name=keimelion&product_form=1499