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Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens (2023)
Book Chapter
Christopher, D. L. (in press). Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens. In J. H. Vennebusch (Ed.), Inscribing Initiation: Written Artefacts in Rites of Passage. Franz Steiner Verlag

The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens were annually erected honorific monuments commemorating young Athenian men’s completion of the ephebate, a year-long training programme that initiated them into public life. These monuments, composed of... Read More about Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens.