Philanthropy in Anatolia through the Ages

The articles of this volume offer a rich diversity of perspectives on philanthropy as practiced in Anatolia over some 2500 years. From such an extensive set of investigations, one would expect to compose a coherent synthetic statement on the nature of Anatolian philanthropy as well as some proposals for how to develop further a meaningful program of research on the topic. It turns out that the latter is far easier than the former; although this volume contains twenty original studies, they do not ultimately clarify either the definition of philanthropy or any essential aspect of Anatolia. The reflections below address first what might be called “the problem with philanthropy” and “the ambiguity of Anatolia.” Once these waters are sufficiently muddied, it nonetheless emerges that a program of research on the topic is possible and even promising.
The First International Suna and Inan Kiraç Symposium on Mediterranean Civilization – March 26-29, 2019, Antalya

Foreword
Introductory Comments: Philanthropy in Anatolia through the Ages
Greco-Roman Philanthropy
Benjamin Gray
Debating the Benefits and Problems of Philanthropy in Later Hellenistic Anatolia
Pierre Fröhlich
Philanthropia in Context: Civic Virtues and Praise of Officials in the Poleis of Hellenistic Asia Minor
Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen
Civic Philanthropy in the Cities of Roman Anatolia
Christina Kokkinia
Large Epigraphic Dossiers and Euergetism in Roman Asia Minor
Mustafa Adak
Civic Notables and their Honorific Titles in Roman Pamphylia and Pisidia
Mustafa H. Sayar
Local Donors and Euergetism in the Cities of Cilicia Pedias between the First Century BC and Second Century AD
Aşkım Özdizbay
Euergetists of Italic Origin in the City of Perge and Their Contributions to Urban Development
Recai Tekoğlu and Taner Korkut
Activities of Euergesia from the Ancient City of Tlos
Angelos Chaniotis
Benefactors in Aphrodisias and the Socio-Cultural Limits of Philanthropy
Matthias Haake
Philosophy and Philanthropy: Diogenes of Oenoanda and an Act of Mega-Euergetism Early Christian and Byzantine Philanthropy
Christian Marek
Philanthropy and Early Christianity in Asia Minor
Rustam Shukurov
Barbarians, Philanthropy, and Byzantine Missionism
Esra Güzel Erdoğan
Philanthropia in the Byzantine Monasteries of Constantinople Medieval Islamic and Ottoman Philanthropy
Suzan Yalman