{"product_id":"numbers-and-numeracy-in-the-greek-polis-9789004467217","title":"Numbers and Numeracy in the Greek Polis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe tend to think of numbers as inherently objective and precise. Yet the diverse ways in which ancient Greeks used numbers illustrates that counting is actually shaped by context-specific and culturally-dependent choices: what should be counted and how, who should count, and how should the results be shared? This volume is the first to focus on the generation and use of numbers in the polis to quantify, communicate and persuade. Its papers demonstrate the rich insights that can be gained into ancient Greek societies by reappraising seemingly straightforward examples of quantification as reflections of daily life and cultural understandings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of Illustrations and Tables  Abbreviations  Notes on Contributors    Introduction   Robin Osborne, Robert Sing, Tazuko Angela van Berkel    Part 1 Numbers in Society    1 A Counting People: Valuing Numeracy in Democratic Athens   Lisa Kallet    2 The Appearance of Numbers   Robin Osborne    3 Punishing and Valuing   Steve Johnstone    4 Ten Thousand: Fines, Numbers and Institutional Change in Fifth-Century Athens   Josine Blok    5 Numeric Communication in the Greek Historians: Quantification and Qualification   Catherine Rubincam    Part 2 Communicating with Numbers    6 Creative Accounting? Strategies of Enumeration in Epinician Texts   Daniel Mahendra Jan Sicka    7 Hidden Judgments and Failing Figures: Nicias’ Number Rhetoric   Tazuko Angela van Berkel    8 Performing Numbers in the Attic Orator   Robert Sing    Part 3 Conceptualising Number    9 Numbers, Ontologically Speaking: Plato on Numerosity   George Florin Calian    10 Doing Geometry without Numbers: Re-reading Euclid’s Elements   Eunsoo Lee    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210826080599,"sku":"9789004467217","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/numbers-and-numeracy-in-the-greek-polis-9789004467217","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}