The springtime of the people : the Athenian Ephebeia and citizen training from Lykourgos to Augustus

"In The Springtime of the People: The Athenian Ephebeia and Citizen Training from Lykourgos to Augustus Thomas R. Henderson provides a new history of the Athenian ephebeia, a system of military, athletic, and moral instruction for new Athenian citizens. Characterized as a system of hoplite training with roots in ancient initiation rituals, the institution appears here as a later Lykourgan creation with the aim of reinvigorating Athenian civic culture. This book also presents a re-evaluation of the Hellenistic phase of the ephebeia, which has been commonly regarded as an institution in decline. Utilizing new epigraphic material, the author demonstrates that, in addition to rigorous military training, the ephebeia remained an important institution and played a vital and vibrant part of Athenian civic life."-- Provided by publisher Contents Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations Epigraphical Conventions Part 1 Preliminaries Chapter 1 What Was an Ephebe? 1 ἥβη and ἡβάω in Homer 2 ἥβη and ἡβάω in Athenian Tragedy 3 ἥβη and ἡβάω in Athenian Social Life 4 ἡβάω and ἐφηβάω 5 ἔφηβος Prior to the Age of Lykourgos: the Kyropaideia of Xenophon 6 ἔφηβος Prior to the Age of Lykourgos: the Oath of the Ephebes 7 ἔφηβος Prior to the Age of Lykourgos: the Military Service of Aiskhines 8 ἔφηβος in the Age of Lykourgos 9 New Citizens and New Soldiers 10 Conclusion Chapter 2 The Origin of the Athenian Ephebeia 1 Epikrates and the Law of the Ephebes 2 The Political Character of Athens in the Fifth and Early Fourth Centuries BCE 3 The Silence of the Literary Sources 4 The Silence of the Epigraphical Sources 5 Conclusion Chapter 3 The Purpose of the Athenian Ephebeia 1 The Purpose of the Ephebeia: Hoplite Training? 2 The Purpose of the Ephebeia: “Problems on the Border?” 3 Citizen Training: εὐταξία, πειθαρχία, and σωφροσύνη 4 Citizen Training: Xenophon, Isokrates, Plato 5 Citizen Training: The Age of Lykourgos 6 Conclusion Part 2 The Lykourgan Ephebeia Chapter 4 Organization 1 The Organization of the Ephebeia: Officials and Magistrates 2 The Organization of the Ephebeia: the Ephebic Tribe 3 The Khlamys as a Symbol of Membership in the Ephebeia 4 Conclusion Chapter 5 Paideia 1 Ephebic Military Service 2 Ephebic Trainers and Training 3 Conclusion Chapter 6 Religion 1 Tour of Sanctuaries 2 The Oath Ceremony 3 Oath of the Ephebes 4 Panathenaia 5 Amphiaraia 6 Nemesia 7 Torch-Races 8 The Eutaxia Competition 9 Conclusion Part 3 The Hellenistic Ephebeia Chapter 7 The Late Fourth Century BCE 1 The Lamian War and the Ephebeia 2 The Oligarchy of Demades and Phokion (321/0–319/8 BCE) 3 Democracy’s Brief Return (319/8–318/7 BCE) 4 The Tyranny of Demetrios of Phaleron (317–307 BCE) 5 Between Freedom and Dependency (307–287 BCE) 6 The Tyranny of Lakhares and Regime of Demetrios Poliorketes 7 Conclusion Chapter 8 Organization, Training and Service (268/7‒31 BCE) 1 Participation and Manpower 2 Financing the Ephebeia 3 Who Joined the Ephebeia? 4 Organization of the Hellenistic Ephebeia 5 Military Service 6 Trainers and Training 7 Honors and Awards 8 Conclusion Chapter 9 Ephebeia and Athenian Religious Life (229‒31 BCE) 1 Ephebes and Religion in the Age of Eurykleides and Mikion 2 Initiation, Bull-Lifting and the Ephebeia 3 Festivals, Cultural Memory and the Ephebeia 4 Territory, Cult and the Ephebeia 5 Conclusion Chapter 10 Philosophers, Foreigners and Rome (128/7‒31 BCE) 1 Ephebes and Athens’ Philosophers 2 Athenian Ephebes and Foreign Youth 3 Ephebes and the Apantesis 4 The Mithridatic War and the Athenian Ephebeia 5 The Final Years of the Hellenistic Ephebeia 6 Conclusion Epilogue Catalogue of Ephebic Inscriptions Lykourgan Age Hellenistic Era A Under Foreign Rule (323–307 BCE) B Between Freedom and Dependency (307–287 BCE) C Independent City (287–262 BCE) D Renewed Subjugation (262–229 BCE) E Freedom and Neutrality (229–200 BCE) F Alliance with Rome (200–167 BCE) G Battle of Pydna to War with Sulla (167–88 BCE) H From Sulla to Anthony (87–31 BCE) A Selection of Ephebic Documents Appendices Appendix 1 Participation Totals for Hellenistic Ephebeia by Year Appendix 2 Catalogue of Ephebes: 267/6‒230/29 BCE Appendix 3 Demographic Data of Ephebes: 267/6‒230/29 BCE Appendix 4 Participation of Foreign Ephebes (2nd Century BCE) Bibliography Index of Sources 1 Literary Sources 2 Epigraphical Sources 3 Papyrological Sources General Index 1 Important Greek Words and Expressions 2 Names of Festivals: Processions, Rites, Sacrifices, Contests 3 Names of Gods and Heroes 4 Names of Historical Figures 5 Important Regions, Locations, Places 6 Important Subjects