Political Culture in the Cities of the Northern Black Sea Region in the "Long Hellenistic Age"
Journal: CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York)
Year: 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine the political culture of the Greek North Pontic cities of Olbia and Chersonesos through a rhetorical analysis of the honorary decrees passed by their respective ekklesiai during the Long Hellenistic Age (third century BCE until the mid-third century CE). The study seeks to achieve two main goals: to examine these decrees to understand the political framework of the two cities; and to understand the relationship between the elite recipients of the honors an