http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-26/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-26/#comment-346 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:49:53 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=572#comment-346 Excellent answer. Consolation Decrees (paramythia) existed for exactly the reasons you outlined!

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-26/#comment-345 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:06:35 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=572#comment-345 On occasion the civic authorities would praise with a paramythetic decree the virtuousness of the deceased and grant them state funeral. Additionally, the bestowal of public honours posthumously and the heroization (αφηρωισμός) of the deceased are also attested in inscriptions. This was not unusual for the offsprings of the elite families, who were often benefactors in their cities, while the civic authorities aspired for more benefactions. I would reckon that this trend was more common during the imperial times.

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