Horace and the gift economy of patronage
By: Phebe Lowell Bowditch.
Series: The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature; Classics and contemporary thought ;; 7
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Horace -- Knowledge -- Economics.; Authors and patrons -- Rome.; Authors and patrons in literature.; Patron and client -- Rome.; Literary patrons -- Rome.; Gifts in literature.; Gifts (Roman law); Rome -- Social life and customs.; Rome -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and indexes.