Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome (Hardcover)

Introduction Edmund Stewart, Edward Harris and David Lewis; Part I. Professionals and Professional Identity in Greece and Rome: 1. Many Ancient Greek occupations, few professions Edward Harris; 2. Skilled workers in the ancient Greek city: public employment, selection methods and evaluation Natacha Massar; 3. Money making, 'avarice', and elite strategies of distinction in the Roman world Emanuel Mayer; Part II. Specialization and the Division of Labour in the Ancient City: 4. Labour specialization in the Athenian economy: occupational hazards David Lewis; 5. The perception of 'skills' in Ostia: the evidence of monuments and written sources Alice Landskron; Part III. Case Studies of Professions 1: Sculpture: 6. Professionalism in archaic and classical sculpture in Athens:? the price of techne? Helle Hochscheid; 7. Artists beyond Athens: the freedoms and restrictions of the artistic profession in classical Greece Margit Linder; 8. Roman sculptors at work: professional practitioners? Ben Russell; Part IV. Case Studies of Professions 2: Music and Athletics: 9. The profession of mousik? in classical Greece Edmund Stewart; 10. Artists of Dionysus: the first professional associations in the ancient Greek world Sophia Aneziri; 11. Neither amateurs nor professionals: the status of Greek athletes Christian Mann; Part V. Case Studies of Professions 3: A Profession of Arms?: 12. Professionalism, specialization and skill in the classical Spartan army? Stephen Hodkinson; 13. A professional Roman army? Doug Lee.